I have found this guy twice this year in a nearby pond run-off.He obviously had a traumatic shell injury in the past.He seems to have healed well and gets around great.
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healing powers of Mother Nature
piglet
Jun 18, 2003 08:13 AM
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nathana
Jun 18, 2003 08:37 AM
is that a mud turtle?
Jesse S.
Jun 18, 2003 12:49 PM
Where are you located? That must be a really old specimin, I can't put a finger on what that might be.
-Jesse
Sonya
Jun 18, 2003 02:00 PM
>>I have found this guy twice this year in a nearby pond run-off.He obviously had a traumatic shell injury in the past.He seems to have healed well and gets around great.
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I had a painted turtle once that I chased a dog off of and it was bleeding from a 1/2" triangle of shell ripped out above it's head. The thing had had a terrible life as the rest of it's carapace didn't have a scale bigger than a sixth it's normal size...they were all scrambled like your guy. Amazing that they live through it. This one healed up...two years to cover the bone with shell.
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Sonya
piglet
Jun 18, 2003 02:19 PM
n/p
