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RE: HOW TO "SEX" PAINTED TURTLES

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Posted by: iturnrocks at Sun Jan 8 23:38:38 2006  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by iturnrocks ]  
   

Here is the other way to tell for most aquatic turtles.



In the picture below, male is on the left, female on the right. I believe this extra distance from the shell comes in handy when having to curl your tail around the females during copulation. As for the longer claws of the male, I always thot they were for holding on during the deed.
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