#terrapin

[herpsandbirds]

Turtle Survival Alliance:

Have you always dreamed of working with turtles?

If you are in the North Florida area, there are open opportunities for you to gain hands-on experience working with the only freshwater turtle to live in brackish and saltwater environments, the Diamondback Terrapin!

Join Team Terrapin in our Internship or Volunteer positions:

Terrapin Stewardship Technician Internship

The Stewardship Technician will assist in the management of natural resources in Northeast Florida for the Florida Park Service and Turtle Survival Alliance. Primary responsibilities center around monitoring a nesting population of Diamondback terrapins, and will include extensive monitoring, predator control, data management, and support of a volunteer team.

Team Terrapin Volunteer

Join Team Terrapin as a Volunteer and help enable the Florida Department of Environmental Protection/Florida State Parks and the Turtle Survival Alliance Volunteer Science Program to have a better understanding of Diamondback Terrapin conservation in our region by conducting regular monitoring of a nesting population around North Florida. Our work provides robust, comprehensive data to continue decades of research on a large, imperiled Diamondback Terrapin population.

To apply, contact: Tabby Hootman at thootman@turtlesurvival.org.

More information here: https://turtlesurvival.org/careers/

Pictured: Diamondback Terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin) photos by Sierra Perry (1), Tabby Hootman (2-4)

IUCN Red List Status: Vulnerable

[taste-in-music]

“Terrapin” by Clairo directed by Ayo Edebiri

[nionom-art]

First drafts for Bee!Kagami and Turtle!Luka

You have no idea how hard the Bee!Kagami was to design… I’m still not 100% satisfied with it.

I thought it would be funny if Kagami’s bee hero name was a real Japanese name just like Ryuko is. Hachimitsu means honey bee so it was perfect.

Turtle!Luka (or Terrapin as I decided to call him) was actually a surprisingly easy design. I’ll probably just tweak a couple of things here and there.

[arthistoryanimalia]

#WatercolorWednesday :

Beatrix Potter (English, 1866-1943)

“Terrapin, probably drawn at London Zoo” c.1905

Watercolor, pen & ink, graphite

Seen at “Beatrix Potter: Drawn to Nature” exhibition at The Morgan Library & Museum

[1five1two]

[jue-jack]

finally drew a new picture of terry the terrapin, where is her shell? well as the story goes the marsh witch took it

[savethewailes]

Weird crabs, weird fish with glow in the dark eyes, weird turtles, and extinct carnivorous marsupials!?!? New buddies are back! Come get em!

[sitting-on-me-bum]

Diamondback Terrapin

These charming aquatic turtles have freckled bodies and gorgeous diamond-shaped shell patterns, and they live mainly in coastal marshes and estuaries from Massachusetts to Texas. Their lifespans can be 40 years, but only 1% of hatchlings survive to adulthood.

Center for Biological Diversity

[goodafterwoon]

Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)

Inspired by a bird watching spot around Pasir Ris that I frequently walk by.

Other species depicted: Common Swift, Needlefish, Red-eared slider, Harlequin Rasbora, Saddle Barb, Sunda Leaf Fish

[loubella77]

My terrapin shake bag 😉

[herpsandbirds]

Southern River Terrapin (Batagur affinis), male in breeding color, family Geoemydidae, Cambodia

CRITICALLY ENDANGERED.

photograph by Eng Heng Chan Turtle Survival Alliance

[moishe-pipick]

I can fly!

[jt1674]

[alwaysshipping1]

Ayo music video director!

Queen Ayo directed Clairo’s music video for Terrapin.

[toacody]

Okoto Turtle

Is he not turtle-y enough for the Turtle Club?

Source

Creator: Eli-Jj-Brony

[bistec-musings]

I’m literally fucking freaking out if ayo is in the music video for my favorite clario song…