Not Snappers!



Can you see him hiding in there? What a lucky day we had in New Symerna awhile ago. We went for a walk to the beach with some friends they are renting a place over there and on the way they showed us a place on the side of the road where a colony of turtles are living.



You can see it is a dry sandy area, these are land turtles of some kind, "not snapping turtles." 



We followed one back to his hole and if you look close you can see another one waiting for him in there. They are a pretty good size with very distinct shell marking, pretty in a simple kind of way.



Here is Charlie peeking inside another hole. The holes seem kind of deep, I suppose it helps to keep them cool when it gets hot outside. For being such a populated area (with people) there sure are alot of wildlife around here. 




Its allways interesting to go outside no matter where you are, as you can never tell what you will find. I especially enjoy it when I see things and animals that are not common in NY state. Being curious and learning new facts always interests me so I guess being in Florida is a great place to keep me interested.


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