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[tiamatschild]

Yesterday I saw a soft shelled spiny turtle in a local river. I was on an observation deck maybe fifteen feet up the limestone bank, and I looked down and saw it swirl upwards out of the deep brown water. It stuck its distinctive, pointy snout out of the water, took a deep breath, and dove down again. Because its shell was broad and round the

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[tainry]

Eeee! <3

[playswithworms]

Giant pancake turtles! They're so awesome :D I had a lady show up at the nature center earlier this year with a huge one stuffed in one of those re-usable grocery bags; she'd saved it from being hit by cars crossing a road. We took it down to the lake and let it go - amazing how fast they can swim! It was crawl-crawl-crawl-hit-the-water-ZOOM-AND-GONE!