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Posted: **Wed Nov 16, 2005 4:57 am**

Hello from down under (australia)

I have been lurking in the forum for sometime now and thought i had better join up and introduce myself :wink:

We dont have Red Ear turtles down here because of quarantine regulations and wildlife etc.

But we do have Mary river turtles :lol:

The coin in the photo is about 22 millimeters (22 millimeters = 0.866141732 inches) in size

Leonardo is on the left and turbo is on the right...

turbo trying to escape

Posted: **Wed Nov 16, 2005 8:54 am**

Welcome to the forum....

Posted: **Wed Nov 16, 2005 10:09 am**

Welome! What a couple of cuties! :-)

Posted: **Wed Nov 16, 2005 2:01 pm**

Hi and welcome! I love this species of turtle! If I'm not mistaken, they're one of the 25 species that are considered to be the most threatened in the world in the wild. (I've got to locate some notes I took a few years back.) They're captive bred and sold as pets where you are?

I also think I remember reading that RES in Australia are considered to be invasive pests and are destroyed if found/caught. Is this true?

Posted: **Wed Nov 16, 2005 3:08 pm**

marisa wrote:Hi and welcome! I love this species of turtle! If I'm not mistaken, they're one of the 25 species that are considered to be the most threatened in the world in the wild. (I've got to locate some notes I took a few years back.) They're captive bred and sold as pets where you are?

I also think I remember reading that RES in Australia are considered to be invasive pests and are destroyed if found/caught. Is this true?

Thanks for the welcome

they are on the threatened list unfortunantly and yes res turtles are considered pests

Posted: **Thu Nov 17, 2005 7:49 pm**

GASH!! I am so envious of you! Two baby turtles.....AHH!

Posted: **Fri Nov 18, 2005 6:30 pm**

Welcome to Turtle Talk

Beautiful turtles you have. I remember when my red-bellied shortneck was that small

Posted: **Thu Dec 01, 2005 9:29 pm**

how much do those turles coast in australia??

Posted: **Thu Dec 01, 2005 10:47 pm**

wo,hows australia
?

Posted: **Fri Dec 02, 2005 9:19 pm**

Your babies are so cute!!!