#Painted Turtle

[jagalart]

lakeside

Patron reward for the fantastic Fiyerose. <3 what a relaxing theme this was!

[hingubingu]

Work in progress

[herpsandbirds]

Midland Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta marginata), family Emydidae, Gould Lake Conservation Area, ONT, Canada

photograph by Bojian Chen

[poqu]

turts

[feather-bone]

Painted turtle! They’re pretty common near me and very cute. They hang out in big groups all along a log in the lake and when you get close enough they all just shuffle off their perch into the water. :-)

[ID: an illustration of a dark grey turtle with red and yellow streaks, standing on a rock in a body of teal water, surrounded by cairns and foliage. End.]

[thestonecuttersguild]

October 20, 2024

[unbridleddiscoveries]

Painted turtle

[uncharismatic-fauna]

Uncharismatic Fact of the Day

Ever had a meal in the bath? The painted turtle does it every day! The tongues of this species can't move freely, so in order to swallow their food they have to be under water.

(Image: A midland painted turtle (Chrysemys picta marginata) by Joe Crowley)

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[st1mmywimmy]

could i request a pond and painted turtle stimboard?

🐢painted turtle stimboard🐢

turtle gifs edited by me

these guys are so silly

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[mothmiso]

Binghamton University Nature Preserve (2) (3) by Nenad Jusic

[thoughtartistry]

Sunning all in a row.

[aneighborhoodnaturalist]

Turtles spines are a part of their shells and nerves run throughout their shell surface, allowing them to feel through their shell.

(Painted turtle)

[herpsandbirds]

Seeking Student: MSc Position in Litzgus Lab:

Social behaviour of Painted Turtles during nesting

This MSc project will examine whether social information from dominant females guides PATU nesting decisions, to answer the question: Do population matriarchs lead the way to the best nest sites? Using nesting observations and genetic data, the student will build a social network to elucidate whether females that nest together are related by estimating relatedness among individuals and in preferred associations. The MSc position will be in the lab of Dr. Jackie Litzgus at Laurentian University in Sudbury, ON (https://laurentian.ca/faculty/jlitzgus), and the student will be co-supervised by Dr. Julia Riley at Mount Allison University in Sackville, NB (https://www.rileyecology.com/). The project is also in collaboration with Dr. Njal Rollinson at UofT (https://rollinson.eeb.utoronto.ca/) who collaborates on the long-term turtle research in Algonquin Park. Field research will be based out of the Algonquin Wildlife Research Station (https://www.algonquinwrs.ca/). Please email your resume, (unofficial) transcripts, and a cover letter detailing your background, interests and why you should be considered for the position to Dr. Jackie Litzgus (jlitzgus@laurentian.ca) with “PATU Sociality” in the subject line. Applications will be considered as they are received. All applications will be reviewed, but only those invited for an interview will be contacted.  The anticipated start date is May 2025 or Sept 2025, and the deadline for applying is 15 November 2024.

[thebroccoligoblin]

New bestie alert! 🚨🐢 This morning I saw traffic stopping then a man who had pulled over to help this turtle out of the road and when I pulled over to inevitably investigate & oversee the following interaction occurred

Me: (yelling outta my window) “Hey sir! You’ve gotta put ‘em in the direction they’re going!!”

Kind stranger: *squinting, confused, muffled over traffic/unable to hear me, large turtle in hand* “You’ve gotta put em in the direction they’re going! It was going this way”

Me: “oh okay it’s going that way? Good :) *gets out of my car*…but idk if there’s a pond that way…I have a pond at my house.”

KS: “oh you do?”

Me: “Yeah I can take em” *I open the passenger door, he proceeds to gently put the turtle on the floor mat*

Me: “My dads gunna hate that I put a turtle in the Audi”

KS: “Hey, you’re doing a good deed he’ll understand”

Me: *beaming* “Thank you so much for saving it. I’m so glad you know to put them in the direction they’re going so many ppl just shoo them to any side of the road and leave.”

*he proceeds to open his arms for a hug, and ya know what I hugged himcuz we were two humans doing the right thing at 9am on a Saturday <3

(Side note as he pulled away I read the stickers on his car and there were some nature related ones I believe and one that said “Witchy Woman” in fancy lettering which made the hug feel decidedly harmless so I’d like to believe he was either with his partner or driving his partners car) 💕 a win for nature overall :)

[birdingblog]

[ID: A photo of a female mallard (anas platyrhynchos) and a painted turtle (chrysemys picta) on a large rock in the middle of a river. End ID]

July 16th, 2024

Moosehorn River, Minnesota

[thesingingbullfrog]