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17-AUG-2009 Christine Hanrahan

Red-eared slider

Fletcher Wildlife Garden. This is a non-native species (native to the southern US) which is popular in the pet trade. When the turtles get too big, well-meaning people drop them off at wetlands and ponds, thinking they will survive. Some do, some don't.

This turtle is sitting on the turtle raft at the Fletcher Wildlife Garden that myself and another volunteer made as a basking place for turtles. The chain you see is not tying this guy to the raft! It is holding the raft in place in the pond. When I took the photo, the slider was sharing the raft with a painted turtle.

Canon PowerShot SX10 IS
1/200s f/5.7 at 100.0mm iso200 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
slhoornstra19-Aug-2009 00:21
Very interesting, nice shot! V
LynnH18-Aug-2009 11:46
This is great!! V
Sue Robertson18-Aug-2009 03:39
He looks like he is chained to the logs... You do have a lot of wildlife over there..
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