Except for swimming with the giant turtles in Maui, I haven't seen a turtle in the wild since I was a kid. So when I came upon this Yellow Mud turtle today, I was very surprised and very excited. I didn't know wild turtles were in the city. I thought they'd be in rural swamps and small creeks. (Click here to read 3-23-10 blog on TURTLE FACTS.)
I read where these turtles don't normally come out of hibernation until April. Today might even be his first day awake in months! If I'm mistaken about the identity of this breed, feel free to correct me. Wikipedia has this on Yellow Mud Turtles.
"The moment one gives close attention to anything, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself." ~ Henry Miller ~
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