#*turtle

[feather-bone]

[ID: a digital illustration of a dark grey turtle swimming to the right on a watery background with simple kelp accents. It is covered in white spots. End.]

Leatherback sea turtle! The largest of all turtles and the biggest non-crocodilian reptile, at up to 8ft long and 1,100lbs. Their range extends all the way from Alaska and Norway to as far south as New Zealand and South Africa. Instead of the typical bony shell, it's skin is leathery and embedded with osteoderms - bony plates - which allow for more flexibility under the pressure of their deep dives for jellyfish and other soft-bodied prey.

[vintagewildlife]

Eastern long-necked turtle By: Len Robinson From: The Fascinating Secrets of Oceans & Islands 1972

[herpsandbirds]

Hi friend, I am visiting in Frederick, Maryland (roughly) and saved this fellow while he was crossing the road. Any idea about this polite gentleman? He had some red on the side of his head too but he was more tucked in at this point. 🐢 I picked him up carefully and put him off the road (in the direction he was headed (slowly) towards). Thank you much!

Turtle ID - MD, USA:

Hello yes this is a female Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina), family Emydidae.

[deathbypufferfish]

Ilya has been very subtly begging to get a dog, so Haru surprised him with Turtle!!! 🐢🐶

[plush-with-love]

Source ~ Jellycat

Snowman Timmy Turtle

[missedmilemarkers]

Denver Aquarium June 2024

[mdatrash33]

Twins

Yeah, I took a reference from Gravity Falls

[tropinui]

Eustreptospondylus and Eurysternum

(U-strep-toh-spon-die-lus)(UR-EE-stern-um)(Late Jurassic Period)

Inspiration from Frigate birds and Petrals.

This piece is part of a project that fell through, the "ABC of Dinosaurs", where I illustrated a selection of extinct animals, some famous, others less well known in fanciful depictions. I do not claim full realism, only giving my take on one of my greatest passions in life.

Please enjoy.

[important-animal-images]

[babyanimalgifs]

Turtles helping each other in times of need

(Source)

[lovertm]

animal-shaped bells by Fatimahandicraft

[everythingfox]

The teeniest of boops

[typhlonectes]

[indoraptorgirlwind]

[herpsandbirds]

Big-headed Turtle (Platysternon megacephalum), hatchling, family Platysternidae, southern China

CRITICALLY ENDANGERED.

This particular individual is aberrantly colored. They are usually brownish or green.

photograph by 嗜烟如命的我

[emojiturtledaily]

[Submission] Day 836: 🐢 & 🍓