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cayugafalls

(5,755 posts)
Sat May 11, 2024, 10:58 AM May 2024

Our little turtle family sunning!

Wish the pic was better but these fellas are really skittish and I could only get so close when the fam started crawling up on the log...once they were all kind of settled and Jr. had nudged his way onto the log, I quickly snapped the pic.

Shortly thereafter, when I made a slight adjustment to see if I could get closer, they all slid off...

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Our little turtle family sunning! (Original Post) cayugafalls May 2024 OP
What a treat! CrispyQ May 2024 #1
"Happy together..." 🎶 50 Shades Of Blue May 2024 #2
Thank you, you are too kind. cayugafalls May 2024 #3
I think getting all of them together like that was amazing! 50 Shades Of Blue May 2024 #6
Reminds me of that Ascent Of Man illustration that maps bipeds from prehistory to homo sapiens. BobTheSubgenius May 2024 #4
Ah, the true genius of a fellow slacker shines through. Perfect analogy! cayugafalls May 2024 #5
I thank you, and, of course, wish you... BobTheSubgenius May 2024 #16
What an amazing image. Thank you! niyad May 2024 #7
Looks like Jamaica Pond in Boston johnnyplankton May 2024 #8
That's a great picture. You couldn't have planned it better!!! Fla Dem May 2024 #9
neat. AllaN01Bear May 2024 #10
What a marvelous pic! I say enter it in the photo contest just announced under the theme 'motion' MLAA May 2024 #11
That is quite funny. Turtles are slow until the need to be fast. cayugafalls May 2024 #13
Awww I love turtles. StarryNite May 2024 #12
there is a resivoir on common land in my HOA AnotherDreamWeaver May 2024 #14
that is so cool Skittles May 2024 #15

cayugafalls

(5,755 posts)
3. Thank you, you are too kind.
Sat May 11, 2024, 11:21 AM
May 2024

I have a new mission to recreate the pic but better...only problem... nature does not always comply and so far my efforts have been for naught.

BobTheSubgenius

(11,797 posts)
4. Reminds me of that Ascent Of Man illustration that maps bipeds from prehistory to homo sapiens.
Sat May 11, 2024, 11:22 AM
May 2024

It looks like the Evolution Of Turtles just goes from small turtle to larger turtle, and so on. I think this evolutionary branch is reaching the limit of its path.

Fla Dem

(25,768 posts)
9. That's a great picture. You couldn't have planned it better!!!
Sat May 11, 2024, 01:26 PM
May 2024

It a beautiful picture too of an adorable turtle family.

MLAA

(18,639 posts)
11. What a marvelous pic! I say enter it in the photo contest just announced under the theme 'motion'
Sat May 11, 2024, 01:45 PM
May 2024

These cuties would fall under slow motion!

AnotherDreamWeaver

(2,886 posts)
14. there is a resivoir on common land in my HOA
Sat May 11, 2024, 10:50 PM
May 2024

Someone anchored a log in the center. It often has turtles on it when I drive by.

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