tiabunna

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Posted: 04 Feb 2018


Taken: 30 Jan 2018

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turtle
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Australia
NSW
Eastern Long Necked Turtle
Chelodina longicollis


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A very small Eastern Long-Necked Turtle (Chelodina longicollis), common to eastern Australia, making a hasty headlong retreat into leaf litter after being released. I had rescued it from the middle of a road, where it had a serious risk of being run over. The size can be seen from the other images in the notes.

These turtles have the unique habit of tucking their heads sideways under their shells as a defensive mechanism, as seen in the notes, which also show the colourful underside. These turtles can grow to a shell size of about 25cm with the neck extending beyond by a similar distance.

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Janet Brien, Diane Putnam, Gudrun, and 19 other people have particularly liked this photo


Latest comments - All (18)
 RHH
RHH club
7 years ago.
 Roger (Grisly)
Roger (Grisly) club
Fabulous Link and a great series of images George,
Think I may not have spotted him.
7 years ago.
 tiabunna
tiabunna club
Many thanks indeed for your kind comments and faves, everyone. It seems the turtles must be enjoying our summer weather, I spoke to a neighbour today who had seen three on the road.
7 years ago.
 just"jj"
just"jj"
Great to see and to see someone stopping to care for them
:)
7 years ago.
 Janet Brien
Janet Brien club
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!! SO CUTE!!! Thank you for all of the pictures! :D I'm so happy you found it before it was mashed!

I am in love. That is all. :)
4 years ago.

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