Troubled Times for Turtles: Habitat Loss, Poaching Threaten the Ancient Reptile in Virginia
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10 responses to “Troubled Times for Turtles: Habitat Loss, Poaching Threaten the Ancient Reptile in Virginia”
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Funny! Random, but funny!
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Great article. No politics! Nice information.
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There was a time I would see Eastern box turtles a couple of times each year while taking the dog on hikes. My little dog was so brave with them, until they moved, and then it was hair, teeth, and eyeballs in total freak out to get away. He couldn’t grasp the concept of a living rock.
But good news. Last year, some friends took pictures of a mating pair in their yard.
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While taking my walks through Wake Forest Reservoir Park, I’m starting to see quite a few smaller turtles sunning themselves on tree branches in the lake. But looking at the photo above, they don’t seem to be box turtles.
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They might have been Sliders or Painted Turtles.
https://turtleowner.com/native-turtles-of-virginia-with-pictures/
There were several stormwater ponds at the office park where I worked before retiring. The turtles would bury themselves in the mud at the bottom of a pond in the fall, and come back out in the spring. We always looked forward to seeing the first turtle of spring, and watching them sum themselves. Turtles are cold blooded, so they need to sun themselves to warm up. The sunlight also helps them produce vitamin D.
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We are lucky enough to receive five to ten visits from Box turtles and various water turtles each summer. Such wonderful creatures indeed!
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Wonderful article. When my family went on car trips when I was a child, it was common to see a box turtle crossing the road, especially after a rain. We would always stop and move the turtle out of the road on the side to which it was heading. Now that is a far less frequent occurrence (seeing them, not helping them across the road).
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My daughter in Bon Aire rescued one with a missing front flipper and has had him for many, many years in a terrarium in her glassed in sun porch. He was dozing when she put a worm next to him a day or so ago. When he woke up that worm was gone in a flash. She’d never seen him move so fast.
Better not tell PETA.
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One of the many prices of deregulation…
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