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[Lester Wareham]

Rough-scaled plated lizard (Broadleysaurus major)
zoo rough s plated lizrd A01_11-09-23 by Lester W, on Flickr

 

[Kukulkan]

 

[sparker1]

Striped Whiptail, Arizona. This lizard is strictly female, no males required.

 

[realairlight]

The black from the dark

Shore pit viper ( #AIIY) by Real, on Flickr

 

[Capn Jack]

A couple of tortoises
JAK_1014 by Jack Silver, on Flickr

 

[hammer]

Burmese Star turtle at the Columbus , OH Zoo.

 

[biggles2002]

 

[Lester Wareham]

wiildlife 6D vip Liz a prey A2_15-06-12_002 by Lester W, on Flickr

 

[gonzogolf]

 

[recrisp]

wiildlife 6D vip Liz a prey A2_15-06-12_002 by Lester W, on Flickr

That's something that you don't see everyday. A dragon eating a dragon.
That's a really cool shot, Lester!

 

[recrisp]

I've lived in Texas all of my life and I have only seen one Rattlesnake. that was in Big Bend and somebody had stopped in the road, cut its head off and I came along right afterwards.
I sure would I'd have taken that picture, it's one of my dreams.
I love it! Very good stuff, Kevin!

 

[gonzogolf]

I've lived in Texas all of my life and I have only seen one Rattlesnake. that was in Big Bend and somebody had stopped in the road, cut its head off and I came along right afterwards.
I sure would I'd have taken that picture, it's one of my dreams.
I love it! Very good stuff, Kevin!

This one was a resident of the great state of Colorado.

 

[Keith]

I was out mowing the lawn at Frogwarts, my weekend cabin, when I passed right over a hole that I suspected would have been dug by a raccoon eating turtle eggs. However as I was turning the mower around to go back the other way, I noticed a tiny movement down in the hole, that I thought was an earthworm. But since I really like shooting macro, I stopped to take a closer look, and found that what I thought was a worm from 6’ away, was the little front leg of a newly hatched Red-eared Slider turtle.

See if you can find them. I can see parts of four in this shot.


It was about 50 yards past the cabin to the creek, which would probably take all day for them to crawl that far when even freshly mown grass is a major obstacle. So I gently felt around in the dirt and found 7 that I gathered up in a frying pan, then carried them down to the edge of the creek and released them.

 

[recrisp]

I was out mowing the lawn at Frogwarts, my weekend cabin, when I passed right over a hole that I suspected would have been dug by a raccoon eating turtle eggs. However as I was turning the mower around to go back the other way, I noticed a tiny movement down in the hole, that I thought was an earthworm. But since I really like shooting macro, I stopped to take a closer look, and found that what I thought was a worm from 6’ away, was the little front leg of a newly hatched Red-eared Slider turtle.

See if you can find them. I can see parts of four in this shot.
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It was about 50 yards past the cabin to the creek, which would probably take all day for them to crawl that far when even freshly mown grass is a major obstacle. So I gently felt around in the dirt and found 7 that I gathered up in a frying pan, then carried them Dow to the edge of the creek then released them.
View attachment 170073

Thank you for being a hero, not just everyone would do this.
That is really something, I'm glad that they have you as a neighbor!
I love the family photo, too!

 

[Keith]

Well, I did look for a decent backdrop for a photo session before the release, but that really didn’t satisfy me,

So here is where I let the go next to a cypress tree at the water’s edge.

 

[Lyn2011]

They are so cute, I'm glad that you helped them.

 

[OhLook]

I gently felt around in the dirt and found 7 that I gathered up in a frying pan, then carried them down to the edge of the creek and released them.

Thank you for intervening in their behalf. It looks like you gave them a bath, too.

The little critters would have had a good scare if they'd known what frying pans are for.

 

[Keith]

Thank you for intervening in their behalf. It looks like you gave them a bath, too.

The little critters would have had a good scare if they'd known what frying pans are for.

Yeah, I started to say something about having ban turtles for breakfast, but was afraid someone would take that wrong, and get me kicked out of here!

 

[Keith]

Thank you for being a hero, not just everyone would do this.
That is really something, I'm glad that they have you as a neighbor!
I love the family photo, too!

They are so cute, I'm glad that you helped them.

What I really wish, was that I could have found a nest of hatchlings back when these kids (grand niece and nephew) were little. Audra was always asking for me to catch her a little turtle. Oh man, could I have had some fun with them!

They thought of themselves as my little helpers, by finding things for me to shoot.

There would have been lots of laughing and carrying on! AND,,,,, OMG, if Sassafras, my last furry friend, a golden retriever, was a real turtle-dog. She would sniff out their trail and find them digging a hole to lay their eggs in, then bark until I came to see.

 

[Capn Jack]

Sint Maartin igauna

JAK_1207 by Jack Silver, on Flickr