Photo Gallery :: Wild Turtle during Hurricane Wilma

[Boogerbutt02]

I just thought I would share a picture of a turtle that came up onto the porch during the Hurricane. I picked it up for a minuite then let it go on its merry way.


Isn't it cute?

[jenaero]

very cute...florida boxie I'm guessing.

[JessicaTS]

Florida Box turtle - Terrapene carolina bauri

Great pic Glad he went on his own

[sonyj]

Sweet! Guess he knew where to come find shelter and stay safe during the storm?

[jeggy]

wow. looks like the size of a soccer ball

[Boogerbutt02]

Yes he came to find dry land.... and no wind.... This was my first time seeing this type of turtle... I didn't know that the bottom of their shells were hinged... I thought this was very cool....

[sonyj]

I used to catch eastern box turtles as a child when we lived in Oklahoma. The summer after third grade, I must have seen over one hundred boxies, several mud turtle, a snapping turtle, and a couple RES. And yes, I let them go after examining them all. My mom wouldn't let me keep them.... LOL of course I now know why she wouldn't(especially since I'm a mom now), but at 9 I just wanted to keep all those neat turtles with me forever. The hinge on box turtles always fascinated me, but having seen so many I thought that was the way "all" turtles were made for a real long time.... Ah, memories....

[TurtleBot]

I wish we had roming turtles here!!