Florida Boxturtle munching on some ripe figs
a turtle in the garden
I didn't know IL had such large turtles. How cool! We've only got small ones here...I'd say 5 lbs max.
yea -- big'ole snappers.
I recall one as a child near our nature center, someone said he was prolly about 100 yr old. We have a creek (Salt Creek) which eventually dumps into Miss.River -- but that is where they originally came from.... the creek i mean. I have no idea how it got into my subdivision.
Great pictures of these guys!