Heard of, But Not Seen Before

@Ronrybs (21497)

• London, England

17 May 16

Considering I took it on a little pocket camera, not bad at all

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@Chellezhere (6421)

• United States

17 May 16

Yes, it is defintely a good picture.

@Chellezhere (6421)

• United States

17 May 16

@Ronrybs Do you remember the old disc cameras from back in the 1980s? I took a picture of my cat with one of this things once and got a perfect shot of her licking her paw. So, you never know what those little pocket cameras can do.

minisam

@miniam (9151)

• Bern, Switzerland

16 May 16

There is something about tortoises i completely dont like.They are gentle animals but l just dont like the look of them

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@Ronrybs (21497)

• London, England

16 May 16

I know some of the bigger ones can be quite nasty. Don't think I'd have one

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minisam

@miniam (9151)

• Bern, Switzerland

16 May 16

@Ronrybs same here,l hope i dont even have a night mare of owning one.

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@Chellezhere (6421)

• United States

17 May 16

I think it's the whole reptile/amphibian thing. Most people just don't seem to like them.

marcyaz

@Marcyaz (35316)

• United States

17 May 16

She is a good sized turtle and probably wanted to go for a swim. They do become very large. My son in AZ has an African turtle that lives outside and digs a large tunnel under the ground, it is gigantic.

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marcyaz

@Marcyaz (35316)

• United States

20 May 16

@Ronrybs I have never seen them harm anything have you?

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@Ronrybs (21497)

• London, England

20 May 16

So long as he doesn't undermine the house, I guess he is not a problem!

@Ronrybs (21497)

• London, England

20 May 16

@Marcyaz No, quite the opposite

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Toni

@toniganzon (77183)

• Philippines

17 May 16

Maybe she didn't want her pictures taken, but you were able to capture a good one.

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@Ronrybs (21497)

• London, England

17 May 16

More by luck than judgement! I took quite a lot of pictures, so one had to turn out okay.

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@Chellezhere (6421)

• United States

17 May 16

Yes, it definitely is a nice shot.

@Chellezhere (6421)

• United States

17 May 16

@Ronrybs Because of my low vision, that is exactly how I take pictures.

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Jabo

@jaboUK (64346)

• United Kingdom

16 May 16

You got a great shot there, well done. I've never seen any in the wild.

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Jabo

@jaboUK (64346)

• United Kingdom

17 May 16

@Chellezhere No, we don't have them either.

@Ronrybs (21497)

• London, England

16 May 16

At first I thought I was seeing things. Took quite a few shots, with one of her swimming away. Unless you know what it is not easy to tell

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@Chellezhere (6421)

• United States

17 May 16

I guess you guys are a bit more used to sea turtles, huh?

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (382216)

• Rockingham, Australia

17 May 16

It is a shame when these exotic species are released in this way. They can cause a lot of problems.

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@Ronrybs (21497)

• London, England

17 May 16

I thought the winter would have finished it off, but some live in parts of the States where it gets a lot colder than here, so I guess they are staying.

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@Ronrybs (21497)

• London, England

18 May 16

@Chellezhere Not looking forward to that happening here!

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@Chellezhere (6421)

• United States

17 May 16

In Florida, they have to go out and wrangle pythons and boa constrictors that are on the loose and shouldn't be.

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pufitzamison

@pufitzamison (626)

• Romania

16 May 16

My brother have one just like this but we don't have where to release it so he tacke good care of here but not in here habitat but in his house. She loves the sun and she goes after him in the yard.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (502541)

• Italy

17 May 16

I think that this kind of tortoise can be pretty nasty. I prefer not to be too close to those animals, they can cut your finger with a snap of their beak.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (502541)

• Italy

18 May 16

@Chellezhere The snapping turtles are very dangerous.

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@Chellezhere (6421)

• United States

17 May 16

They do bite, but not nearly as bad as a snapping turtle.

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Gudheart

@gudheart (12659)

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17 May 16

LOL I am sure she enjoyed all the attention really!!

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@Ronrybs (21497)

• London, England

17 May 16

A star is born!

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IvySaysHi

@IvySaysHi (4603)

• United States

16 May 16

That is pretty neat. Last time I saw a turtle outside, it was a little baby turtle in the rain on the walkway beside our garage. I had my fiance move it because one of our dogs is a bully to turtles

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@Ronrybs (21497)

• London, England

17 May 16

I'd have thought dogs would leave turtles alone, surely you could get a nasty nip

@Ronrybs (21497)

• London, England

18 May 16

@Chellezhere Dogs always seen so excitable and don't think things through!

@Chellezhere (6421)

• United States

17 May 16

@Ronrybs Yes, especially if it is a snapping turtle. But, dogs will be dogs and mess with them still.

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Fleur

@Fleura (35049)

• United Kingdom

17 May 16

I have also been surprised to glimpse some sort of turtle slipping into our local pond! I didn't get as good a view of it as that though.

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@Ronrybs (21497)

• London, England

20 May 16

Yes, I've read that they are getting established over here and not just in the south east

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Cindy Tolbert

@cintol (11261)

• United States

18 May 16

Shes beautiful, I used to have a red eared slider, he was about foot long as well and he was like a dog. I could go for a walk and he would follow, if he started to stray I just had to whistle and he would come back my way.

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Cindy Tolbert

@cintol (11261)

• United States

18 May 16

@Ronrybs I don't know, he was pretty fast and he loved the mailman. People would have sworn he was a dog. lol

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@Ronrybs (21497)

• London, England

18 May 16

I suppose the good thing is that it would take several days for him to stray very far!

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John Roberts

@JohnRoberts (109841)

• Los Angeles, California

16 May 16

Cool sighting and photo. But not good for an animal not native to the area. Throws nature out of balance.

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@Ronrybs (21497)

• London, England

16 May 16

Indeed, but I've heard they are becoming established so I guess we all have to get used to them

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@Chellezhere (6421)

• United States

17 May 16

Yes, indeed it does.

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@Chellezhere (6421)

• United States

17 May 16

@Ronrybs With world travel being so much easier now, we all have to do that about things.

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Scott Ganschow

@teamfreak16 (43611)

• Denver, Colorado

16 May 16

But it is a great picture!

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@Ronrybs (21497)

• London, England

17 May 16

TVM, it is cropped a bit

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DianneN

@DianneN (254926)

• United States

17 May 16

I'm not up on the names of turtles, but we had a few snapping turtles come out of the woods in our backyard and a box turtle lay her eggs in our front yard. I love nature. Great photo!

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