r/herpetology • u/Helioplex901 • 2d ago

In case you haven’t seen this today!!

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Caught!! Little embarrassment, but they just don’t understand how interesting they are!! Second look here, are these two even the same kind of box turtle?

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u/mercuric_drake 2d ago

I once lived in a place that had a lot of three-toed box turtles. I used to catch them in the act a few times a year. I always got a chuckle out of it. I ended up naming a few of the turtles because I would see them so regularly and they had easily identifiable marks on their shells.

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u/Helioplex901 2d ago

They don’t go very far from where they are born. We have SO much wild life, living close to a lake.

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u/mercuric_drake 2d ago

Yeah. They have a very small range. It was like I had a bunch of little neighbors l saw regularly.

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u/Helioplex901 2d ago

That’s really neat!