tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30767434270413802992024-03-13T17:00:37.871-04:00Turtle Wife's BlogStories and thoughts about turtles and tortoises.Anita Salzberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146760233494208581noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076743427041380299.post-5764754589814382012015-02-17T16:38:00.002-05:002015-02-18T13:26:31.251-05:00Turtle Wife's News Feb-March 2015<div style="text-align: left;">
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As part of a global wildlife-trafficking issue that is growing <br />
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the same year that gave birth to Earth Day and the modern <br />
environmental movement, five idealistic young attorneys <br />
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and wildlife. Determined to overcome the forces of pollution <br />
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Eight minutes before closing <br />
time, James (who asked that I not use his last name) dashes <br />
into a New York Chinatown tchotchke shop—located on Mott <br />
Street, just below Canal—with a wad of cash. The boxes are <br />
waiting for him. A shopkeeper, a woman in her 70s, struggles <br />
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Photo: James P. Gibbs, SUNY-ESF<br />
<b>NEAR-EXTINCT GALAPAGOS ISLAND TORTOISES</b><br />
<b>MAKE COLOSSAL COMEBACK</b><br />
<br />
by <a data-mce-href="http://www.livescience.com/contact_author.php?a=VkdGdWVXRWdUR1YzYVhNcWRHeGxkMmx6S2pNPQ==" href="http://www.livescience.com/contact_author.php?a=VkdGdWVXRWdUR1YzYVhNcWRHeGxkMmx6S2pNPQ==">Tanya Lewis</a>, Staff Writer. Oct. 28, 2014<br />
<br />
Giant tortoises that were once driven to the brink of extinction<br />
on a tiny Galápagos island have made an amazing comeback,<br />
a new study reveals.<br />
<br />
The tortoise population on the island of Española dwindled to<br />
just 15 animals in the 1960s, because of damage to their<br />
habitat caused by feral goats. Then, about 40 years ago,<br />
captive-bred tortoises were released on the island, and now<br />
there are about 1,000 of them living and breeding in the wild.<br />
<br />
"It's one of the greatest conservation success stories," said<br />
James Gibbs, a conservation biologist at the SUNY College<br />
of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse, New York.<br />
Gibbs led the study published today (Oct. 28) in the journal<br />
<a data-mce-href="http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0110742" href="http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0110742">PLOS ONE</a>.<br />
<br />
<a data-mce-href="http://www.livescience.com/48484-galapagos-giant-tortoises-bounce-back.html" href="http://www.livescience.com/48484-galapagos-giant-tortoises-bounce-back.html" target="_blank">READ MORE</a>.<br />
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<b>28 tortoises smuggled into UK are now</b><br />
<b> living at Blackpool Zoo</b><br />
<br />
Known as the Sulcata Tortoises, these tiny creatures<br />
are all under a year old and just a few inches long. But<br />
within time, these relatively rare tortoises could get as<br />
big as 10 stone and live up to a whopping 100 years.<br />
<br />
“We have built a fantastic relationship with Borderforce<br />
over the years and work closely with them to rehome<br />
any seized reptiles,” John Paul Houston, assistant head<br />
of the Animal Department at Blackpool Zoo, said.<br />
<br />
<a data-mce-href="http://www.irishexaminer.com/examviral/animal-life/28-tortoises-smuggled-into-uk-are-now-living-at-blackpool-zoo-296447.html" href="http://www.irishexaminer.com/examviral/animal-life/28-tortoises-smuggled-into-uk-are-now-living-at-blackpool-zoo-296447.html">Read more</a>.<br />
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<b>Boom in shipments of turtles overseas could lead to</b><br />
<b>protective measures. </b><br />
<br />
WASHINGTON — The U.S. government is proposing a<br />
new level of protection for certain freshwater turtles,<br />
concerned that a massive increase in overseas demand<br />
for the reptiles could hurt their long-term prospects.<br />
<br />
The proposal from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service involves<br />
four species: the Florida softshell, the smooth softshell,<br />
the spiny softshell and the common snapping turtle.<br />
<br />
While none of the four species is at risk of extinction,<br />
federal officials and biologists say that a booming international<br />
trade in turtles had prompted concerns about the animals’<br />
long-term survival.<br />
<br />
<a data-mce-href="http://www.macon.com/2014/11/07/3410953_boom-in-shipments-of-turtles-overseas.html?rh=1#storylink=cpy" href="http://www.macon.com/2014/11/07/3410953_boom-in-shipments-of-turtles-overseas.html?rh=1#storylink=cpy">Read more</a>.<br />
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<a data-mce-href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Coimbatore/reptiles-play-vital-role-in-protecting-ecology/article6577738.ece" href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Coimbatore/reptiles-play-vital-role-in-protecting-ecology/article6577738.ece" target="_blank"><b>Reptiles play vital role in protecting ecology</b></a><br />
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Hitherto viewed by many here and elsewhere as<br />
an insignificant part of the fauna of the Blue Mountains,<br />
reptiles have of late been generating considerable<br />
interest among not only wildlife enthusiasts and students of<br />
wildlife biology but also the public on account of growing<br />
awareness about their role in protecting this ecologically<br />
fragile area.<br />
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<b>Mystery of missing giant tortoise has happy ending </b><br />
<b>in Daytona Beach</b><br />
<br />
Nicholas Montagna was flummoxed.<br />
<br />
One of his two giant tortoises went missing Sunday, leaving<br />
Montagna, his family, neighbors and other in the community<br />
searching for answers, and for Cecil. And even though the<br />
100-lb-plus tortoise is safe and sound once again, his<br />
disappearance remains a mystery.<br />
<br />
<a data-mce-href="http://www.news-journalonline.com/article/20141021/NEWS/141029898?Title=Mystery-of-missing-giant-tortoise-has-happy-ending-in-Daytona-Beachhttp://www.news-journalonline.com/article/20141021/NEWS/141029898?Title=Mystery-of-missing-giant-tortoise-has-happy-ending-in-Daytona-Beach" href="http://www.news-journalonline.com/article/20141021/NEWS/141029898?Title=Mystery-of-missing-giant-tortoise-has-happy-ending-in-Daytona-Beachhttp://www.news-journalonline.com/article/20141021/NEWS/141029898?Title=Mystery-of-missing-giant-tortoise-has-happy-ending-in-Daytona-Beach" target="_blank">Read more-</a>-about yet another sulcata tortoise lost<br />
and found.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Northern River Terrapin Acquired<br /> in Myanmar</span></h2>
Efforts to save the critically endangered Northern<br />
River Terrapin (<i>Batagur baska</i>) in Myanmar recently took<br />
a great leap forward when the TSA/Wildlife Conservation<br />
Society (WCS) Turtle Team was granted permission to<br />
transfer a large adult turtle living in a pagoda pond to<br />
more equitable quarters.<br />
<br />
The pond, at Botataung Pagoda in downtown Yangon, has<br />
been home to the turtle since at least 1987, but probably<br />
longer. Although its origins remain clouded in mystery, we<br />
suspect the turtle was brought from the lower Ayeyarwady<br />
Delta many years ago and released into the pond by a traveling<br />
pilgrim.<br />
<br />
The symbolic release of fish, turtles, and small birds<br />
is commonplace at Buddhist temples throughout Asia; by<br />
liberating a captive animal, a person is believed to earn<br />
karmic merit.<br />
<br />
<a data-mce-href="http://www.turtlesurvival.org/blog/1-blog/312-northern-river-terrapin-acquired-in-myanmar#.VF67pcnu2Sp" href="http://www.turtlesurvival.org/blog/1-blog/312-northern-river-terrapin-acquired-in-myanmar#.VF67pcnu2Sp">Read more.</a><br />
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<b>Here's a quiz I never expected to see:<br /> Which species of sea turtle are you?<br /> I got Green Sea Turtle. Ed.</b><br />
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<br />
Where do you fit in with the seven species of sea turtles?<br />
Find out from the experts at Sea Turtle Conservancy...<br />
Community Post: Which Species Of Sea Turtle Are You?<br />
www.buzzfeed.com<br />
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<b>A Turtle Mystery in NY’s Jamaica Bay</b><br />
Something strange is happening to the diamondback terrapin<br />
turtles of Jamaica Bay, though there’s some question as to<br />
precisely what that strange thing means.<br />
<br />
“Nobody has ever seen anything like this before,” said Russell<br />
Burke, a Hofstra University ecology professor and one of the<br />
foremost experts on Jamaica Bay’s population of diamondback<br />
terrapin turtles, the largest concentration in the state.<br />
<br />
“It’s a puzzle.”<br />
<br />
<a data-mce-href="http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/city-hall/2014/10/8555658/turtle-mystery-jamaica-bay" href="http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/city-hall/2014/10/8555658/turtle-mystery-jamaica-bay">Read more</a>.<br />
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<b>Lonesome George, Immortalized</b><br />
<b> Natural History Museum Displays</b><br />
<b> a Giant Tortoise</b><br />
Extinction is forever, as the conservationists say.<br />
<br />
Desiccation, it turns out, is only nearly so.<br />
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History, one of the partners in the effort.<br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #1d1b11; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: background2; mso-themeshade: 26;">The Princess and Me</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #1d1b11; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: background2; mso-themeshade: 26;">by Richard Oram</span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d1b11; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: background2; mso-themeshade: 26;">People give me turtles, most
often Red Eared Sliders. So happened last October, as a referral from the
Nature Center which doesn't want them. Sliders are by far the most common
turtles in the US; they are the old Woolworth's and ones-you-can-now-get- in
Chinatown kind. They are not native to the northeast so the Nature Center,
eschewing invasive species as they do, refers people who lose interest in their
pet turtles to me.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d1b11; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: background2; mso-themeshade: 26;">About October 15 a lady calls and
then brings a Slider, a nice big one, perhaps 15-20 years old. Who knows how
long it had been captive, likely its entire life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My outside turtles, as opposed to the small
inside ones, of course, live in an enclosure until it gets too cold. (The
"turtle pen" wasn't designed right... not deep enough for hibernation
as we learned in a very unfortunate way, and that's all I'll say about that.) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d1b11; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: background2; mso-themeshade: 26;">So this new "Big Guy"
joined the other six, and it being chilly October, they all begin the
hibernation thing; at that point it's just that they are relatively inactive,
popping up from the water only on warmer days, not eating anymore, kind of
packing up for the winter. By late November I drain the water and carefully
poke around to get them out. All seven were there, all fine it seemed. They
then winter in an enormous tub in the garage, where it stays 40 degrees or so,
happy as clams if you will, year after year, coming up on 10 years now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d1b11; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: background2; mso-themeshade: 26;">In March on a nice day the garage
tub gets drained and out they come.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My
ritual is to place them all in a corner of the pen and watch as one then the
next and the next decide that it's safe to do more than sleepily poke a head
out of its shell.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Before long they have all
plopped into the water, and basically hit the snooze button -- the water is
still cold, like November, so I don't expect them to show themselves again
until April.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d1b11; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: background2; mso-themeshade: 26;">So it's April.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The best spring day yet always enables an
inventory, as it did this year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But that
Big Guy was sluggish, like barely getting himself to a rock and the sun,
whereas all the others were basking as if it was Miami Beach.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He wasn’t swimming and floated in a strange
way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had increasing concern.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d1b11; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: background2; mso-themeshade: 26;">As with other sickies, I activate
the hospital tank where the water is warmed with a heat lamp… like summer time
when the basking is easy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He seemed to like
that but sure didn't look good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His head
was drooping onto the rock, his "lips" were ghoulish black, and I
honestly thought he was not going to make it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Turtles are really hardy though, and the biggest threat to captive ones
is just not being taken to the vet soon enough when they are sick. I learned
that, sadly. So I put the poor thing into a bucket and off to the vet we went;
that was Friday.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d1b11; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: background2; mso-themeshade: 26;">First thing she said was Big Guy
was female. While we talked turtle for a while, the visit was really just an
exam and her specific advice was just to heat her up more, so I used the
aquarium heater from the baby turtle tank to raise the hospital tank water to
80 degrees. But “heat her and call me in the morning” didn’t make me confident that
we’d have a quick turnaround, and as other vets had given my sick turtles
xrays, I knowed-it-all (the internet is never wrong) and went back to the vet
on Saturday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was admitted for overnight observation and
tests.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d1b11; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: background2; mso-themeshade: 26;">While the situation was grave,
when checking her in there was some joking about her need for a new name:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Big Guy wasn’t right for a female so we
renamed her Princess, given that she needs such special attention.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d1b11; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: background2; mso-themeshade: 26;">The next day the vet reports that
she took x-rays, which showed no infection or congestion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She also gave her vitamins, and when I
arrived to take Princess home, the vet provided me with a powder that I had to mix
with water to make into a pancake-like goo to put in a plastic syringe to feed
her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And she needed more heat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: #1d1b11; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: background2; mso-themeshade: 26;">So
in addition to the basking lamp, the heater went to the max, making the water about
90 degrees.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<span style="color: #1d1b11; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: background2; mso-themeshade: 26;">I
also covered the tank to keep more heat and humidity in, and put a light bulb
under the rocks making it like a sauna.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With
the heat, light and humidity, the hospital tank became an ICU. I was hopeful
that we had the right protocol, and the vet and I agreed that the big hurdle was
to get her eating. But the pancake stuff wasn’t to her liking, not at all; she’d
hiss, snap at the syringe as it got close, and retreat into her shell when her
attack failed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d1b11; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: background2; mso-themeshade: 26;">She’d
also pee—that seems to be a last defense:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>if a turtle gets picked up by a raccoon for example, the pee is supposed
to make the attacker change its mind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So
this seemed really torturous but actually, it was good that she’d do the
defense stuff, as otherwise there really wasn’t much life in her. When I’d finally
put the goo in her mouth, she’d get really upset and start clawing, i.e.,
abandon the retreat defensive mode and basically freak out – ever seen a turtle
gag?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d1b11; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: background2; mso-themeshade: 26;">Most
of the goo would just squish out of her mouth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>After a few days of at best very limited success with the syringe
feeding, I thought maybe she’d go for some turkey, but that didn’t appeal
either.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Aside: when I was buying the turkey,
looking at the “ends” section, I overheard a lady saying to her husband, “The
turtles will like this” which of course led to conversation and soon after
their visiting me, but that’s another story.)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d1b11; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: background2; mso-themeshade: 26;">With no evident progress or cooperation from Princess, I
decided to be more aggressive. I reverted to the goo and syringe but came at it
from a different angle. I held her upright and then squished the goo into her
mouth, letting gravity help. It looked like water boarding and she liked it even
less. I felt bad even knowing I might be helping her, but it seemed like
desperate times calling for desperate measures. I continued this for a few
days.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d1b11; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: background2; mso-themeshade: 26;">In the same time I got an infrared bulb (IVB) that is
recommended for reptiles kept indoors, because they really do need sunlight and
vitamin D.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Basking isn’t just about
heat. It’s likely that Princess, in her earlier captive life, had a vitamin
deficiency; even if a turtle is near a window it doesn’t get the infrared rays
because the glass screens it out. Most people have no idea what they really
need.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d1b11; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: background2; mso-themeshade: 26;">Yes!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She began to
perk up in a couple days.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Was it the heat,
IV light, humidity, vet’s vitamins or the feeding?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think it was the feeding, but whatever, we
were making progress.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After 3 or 4 more
days, the next phase was to get off the goo, which I imagine she appreciated,
especially because I began to feed her shrimp.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She was tentative about it at the start, she was very timid and still is
skittish, but a couple days of shrimping and she was a new woman. Trying to be
cute I got her to take the shrimp from my hand; “I can even get a princess to
eat out of my hand,” I said with pride. Real pride… I was really proud that I seemed
to have saved Princess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d1b11; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: background2; mso-themeshade: 26;">Her black lips were gone, she’d bask with her head up, and
bask less. I made the water deeper to force her to swim more, and she was good
with that. When the shrimp ran out I got more (we had shrimp for dinner twice
that week, a lunch too), but the next step was to transition her back to turtle
food.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had a fresh can and without a
pause she started eating that. While you’re only supposed to feed turtles twice
a week, she’s chowing every day. Last night she got some salmon. A bit curious
is that there’s yet to be much poop in the tank, but I guess that will come in
good time and I’m not impatient for that. But everything about her looks great
now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d1b11; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: background2; mso-themeshade: 26;">A next step is to re-socialize her. That could have issues
too as she probably lived alone for many years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Maybe that played in to her recent issues… not playing well with others.
On the vet’s advice I’m leaving her in the hospital until it gets quite warm
outside, i.e., avoid another harsh transition. But I’m thinking about having a
visitor, maybe supervised visitation by a couple of the babies because even one
more big one in the hospital, despite it being a 40 gallon tank, would make it too
crowded and stressful. They are social creatures; a sickie a few years ago –
Tortellini – got a lot better when we brought in a friend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Turtles get depressed?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d1b11; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: background2; mso-themeshade: 26;">I’ll say this as a conclusion:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Who knew?” or “You never know.” </span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d1b11; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: background2; mso-themeshade: 26;">That is, when a new pet comes you just don’t know their
history. It’s an adoption as opposed to a birth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But a good assumption is that they haven’t
been cared for well. Another tangent is that this year, with the help of my
turtle friends from the turkey department, there’s a turtle egg gestating
outside. I’m not optimistic but maybe next year Princess will do me a good turn
and, well, getting captive turtles to successfully breed is a challenge;
hatchlings are the Holy Grail.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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the Princess. Love conquers all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: #1d1b11; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: background2; mso-themeshade: 26;"></span></div>
Anita Salzberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146760233494208581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076743427041380299.post-37876870407246278162012-07-17T20:10:00.000-04:002012-07-17T20:13:08.934-04:00How to Meet a Turtle Man—A Match Made in New York Magazine<h1 class="entry-title">
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<b>by Anita Salzberg</b><br />
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I met my husband through a personal ad I placed in <i>New York</i> <i>Magazine</i> in the 80s<i>. </i>I
was tired of meeting unavailable men at bars, parties, and summer
shares. Not only was I looking for a long-term romance, I wanted to be
in charge for a change.<br />
<br />
The personals seemed ideal. How wonderful to pick and choose, rather
than to be picked and chosen. How delightful to receive letters from
dozens of men, all <i>begging</i> to go out with me.<br />
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But although I’m a copywriter, writing an ad for myself didn’t come
easily. A friend fine-tuned my all-too-modest first draft to read: <i>Spirited
lady writer (30, 5’4”). Attractive, fun, resourceful. Seeks
friendship and romance with unafraid man, 28-40, who possesses
intelligence, warmth, confidence, and wit. Note/phone. Photo optional</i>.<br />
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These words translated into six printed lines (cost: $153). My ad
would run in one issue, and the magazine would forward responses for six
weeks.<br />
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The morning the magazine hit the stands, I found my ad, “Spirited
Lady Writer,” sandwiched between “Voluptuous Blond Blue-Eyed Exec” and
“Shapely, Super, Petite.”<br />
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Despite the competition, I felt hopeful.<br />
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A week later—success! Four letters arrived in a narrow manila
envelope. The second week, a thicker envelope brought 15 letters. Ten
letters showed up the third week. Eventually, I received 40 responses.<br />
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I divided them into three categories. The first, “Barf,” consisted of
communications best chucked straight into the trash. Thankfully, there
were just two of these. The first writer wrote—in oversized, Son-of-Sam
handwriting—that he had a doctorate in lust and would love to help me
get <i>my</i> advanced degree. The second writer observed that it was a shame people had lost their prehensile tails because tails would be <i>incredibly</i> kinky in bed.<br />
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My second category, “Boring,” were letters that were nice, but dull;
very dull. “Hi, my name is Bill,” a typical “Boring” letter read. “I’m
an accountant /lawyer /computer programmer. I work for ABC/EFG/XYZ
Company. I live in Brooklyn /Queens /New Jersey. In my spare time, I
enjoy playing baseball /basketball /tennis. I liked your ad and I’d love
to meet you.”<br />
<br />
One such writer, an insurance broker, sent a photo of himself
standing in front of a garage. My roommate, Sara, said: “He’s not bad
looking and he has a car. Call him!” But imagining a dry-as-dust date
discussing actuary tables, I declined.<br />
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My third category, “Best,” consisted of letters that were intriguing.
Intelligent. Thoughtful. Funny.<br />
<br />
There were about ten of these,
including Allen’s. One read simply: “I’d like to have a few more
attractive, fun, resourceful people in my life. Please call me.”<br />
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I
would have, but the writer’s picture showed him to be more than twenty
years my senior, and I felt uncomfortable with the age gap.<br />
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Instead I called “Jack,” a computer programmer who lived in Chelsea.
We met for a drink. The evening went well until Jack mentioned that he
answered the personals every week. That bothered me a bit, but not too
much. After all, I <i>read</i> the personals each week. Before placing my ad, I’d answered a few. (The result: one lukewarm date.)<br />
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What troubled me was Jack’s admission that he replied to twenty ads
at once.<br />
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“With my computer,” he boasted, “I can turn out hundreds of
copies of the same letter.” (PCs had recently arrived on the scene.)<br />
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So much for Jack.<br />
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Allen’s letter had also arrived the first week. It was warm and funny: <i>I
am a college‑grad, which helps me a lot when I play Trivial Pursuit,
and that’s about it…I’m well‑read, literate—I think I’m going to blush;
no, I’m not. Loyal, brave, trustworthy….</i><br />
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“You’ve <i>got</i> to call this one,” Sara said. I agreed.<br />
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Allen’s picture showed him leaning against a door in his apartment,
dressed in jeans, a white shirt, a vest and a fedora. I decided he had
warm eyes.<br />
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Sara had a different take on Allen’s picture.<br />
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“He’s wearing a hat,” she said. “That means he’s bald.”<br />
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I called Allen that night. After chatting for fifteen minutes, we
arranged to meet for a drink that Sunday. I chose a restaurant across
the street from my apartment. As Sara and I watched out a window, we’d
see Allen arrive and size him up.<br />
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Sure enough, at 8:30 p.m., a man stopped in front of the restaurant.
He looked around, shrugged, and began reading a book he drew out of the
pocket of his blazer. He wasn’t wearing a hat.<br />
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“He has hair!” Sara exclaimed.<br />
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I hurried outside and across the street.<br />
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Allen gave me a not-so-subtle once over and pulled a long face. A
test had taken place—and I’d failed. I later learned that it consisted
of a single (and, Allen insisted, unconscious) comparison: Does she look
like Leslie Caron in <i>Gigi</i>? Allen’s ideal woman was a dark-haired gamin-type. My red hair and freckles hadn’t made the grade.<br />
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I pulled my own long face in response. Allen was okay looking (his dark hair<i> was</i>
starting to recede a bit) but he was no Michael Douglas. I almost ended
the evening right then, but I was in a new “three dates and you’re out”
mode. Still, seeing Allen’s downcast expression, the quiet, romantic
restaurant I’d chosen seemed too quiet and too romantic. I suggested a
noisier, brightly lit bar.<br />
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Once there, to my relieved surprise, we chatted easily for an hour.
Then Allen abruptly pushed back his chair. “It’s late,” he said. “You
probably want to go home and relax, since you have to work tomorrow.”<br />
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<i>Uh-oh, my first impression had been right. I’d definitely never hear from this one again.</i><br />
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I walked Allen to the cross-town bus stop and wrote him off.<br />
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Two nights later, to my surprise, he called to ask for a second date.
I figured he was also in a “three dates and you’re out” frame of mind.
If he could give me another chance, I could do the same for him. We made
plans for that Friday night—a movie in Greenwich Village.<br />
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While waiting for the film to begin, Allen mentioned that he answered
the personals every single week.<br />
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“I have a strategy,” he said, as I
shot up straight in my chair, remembering Jack, the computer programmer.
“I answer the ads I like the day they come out. Otherwise, the woman
I’m writing to might be involved by the time she gets my letter. With my
computer,” he added, “I can answer lots of letters each week.”<br />
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I leaned as far away from Allen as I could without falling over into the next seat.<br />
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Allen continued, oblivious to my sudden chill, “But I write
variations on each letter—I respond to what each woman says in her ad. I
like to have fun with my letters. And I’ve gone out with some really
nice people through the ads. My last relationship with someone I met
through the personals lasted six months.”<br />
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I moved back to the middle of my chair.<br />
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After the movie, we ate dessert at a nearby café. We talked for hours
about art, politics, the theater, ourselves, our families. Allen liked
to talk, but he also listened attentively. (And he never mentioned the
word “turtle” once.)<br />
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We headed uptown at midnight. I worried that the subway would be
deserted and creepy, so we walked to a nearby bus stop. The night had
turned blustery. I shivered under my lightweight coat and wool dress.<br />
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“Let’s warm up over that subway grate,” I suggested. We hurried over to it. <i>Ah, yes, mild air. That was better.</i><br />
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Allen later told me he thought there was something sensitive and sexy about my wanting us to warm up over the grate.<br />
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“That moment,” he said, “I knew you were down to earth and considerate, and I wanted to see you again.”<br />
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I didn’t take his point. The wind was frigid; subway grates are warm.
What woman would have parked her date on the sidewalk while she unfroze
her toes alone?<br />
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The bus arrived. By the end of that ride, Allen was begging me to go out with him again. That’s how I remember it.<br />
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“There will be a third date, won’t there?” he said. “Promise me we’ll get together again. Promise me before we reach your stop.”<br />
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I could get used to this, I thought, and agreed to a date the next week.<br />
<br />
Allen recalls none of this. “I remember feeling good when you said
you wanted to see me again,” he says now. “But I don’t remember
begging.”<br />
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A few days later, we attended a poetry reading at the 92nd Street Y.
Allen and I held hands, and barely listened to the performance. Out on
the street afterward, we shared a passionate kiss.<br />
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Eight months later, Allen proposed.<br />
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Six weeks after I’d placed my ad, one last letter arrived, from the
owner of a small antiques store.<br />
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This too, was a warm, intelligent
letter. I almost called the writer—to tell him that he might have better
luck if he answered the personals promptly each week, as Allen had.<br />
<br />
Somehow, I never got around to it.<br />
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<br />Anita Salzberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146760233494208581noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076743427041380299.post-38895027903707992962012-05-20T17:57:00.003-04:002012-05-20T17:58:24.324-04:00Turtles of Central Park<h1 class="entry-title">
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A number of New York Turtle & Tortoise Society members met
up this Saturday, May 12 in Central Park. Purpose: to look for turtles!<br />
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We were led by turtle conservationists Pete Warny and Jay Westerveld,
who first took us to Turtle Pond, right by the Delacourte Theater.<br />
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It was a beautiful, warm day and dozens of turtles were basking <br />
right below the observation deck.<br />
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Turtles were also hanging out with a friendly cormorant.<br />
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Climbing to the top of Belvedere Castle, which overlooks the pond, we saw even more turtles, mostly red-eared sliders.<br />
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From there we walked over to Bethesda Fountain and Central Park Lake and saw turtles galore.<br />
The sad part of the story is that most of these animals are pets that
have been abandoned by their owners when they grew too large, or the
owners grew tired of caring for them. Still, these are NYC survivors!<br />
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<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Turtle Rescue of LI held its annual summer BBQ yesterday. Always a fun time and an opportunity to talk “turtle” to our heart’s content.
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<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Conversations participated in or overheard:</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">“I pick up the worms [that I feed to the turtles] with my hands.”</p> <p class="MsoNormal">“Oh, I’d never do that; too gross. I always use tongs.”</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">“Ohh, Russian tortoises. They’re my favorites.”</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">“That sulcata tortoise over there…? He figured out how to climb out of the enclosure. We fixed it so he couldn’t, but he keeps on trying. Once they get an idea in their heads…”</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">“I’m trying to convince my friends that eight turtles is not a lot, but they just don’t believe me.”</p><p class="MsoNormal">
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Allen and I took lots of photos of turtles -- and turtle people<br /><br />See more photos <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/51307680@N07/sets/72157624319176760/">here</a>.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ya5lTMaFZdI/TB7B7sy43OI/AAAAAAAAB7s/vj8SH7G7b4k/s1600/1+DSC_0210.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ya5lTMaFZdI/TB7B7sy43OI/AAAAAAAAB7s/vj8SH7G7b4k/s400/1+DSC_0210.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485034627564887266" border="0" /></a>Anita Salzberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146760233494208581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076743427041380299.post-6646786174701224892009-08-09T19:50:00.013-04:002009-08-09T20:00:37.248-04:00Timber Rattler but No TurtlesThe only turtles we saw on our mini-vacation this weekend (aside from a sick turtle we brought with us so we could treat him every day) were at the Minnewaska Wildlife Center as we hiked around the lake. And here they are:<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ya5lTMaFZdI/Sn9hwYTYdpI/AAAAAAAABak/4keu2TBEx1c/s1600-h/ATP1050972.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ya5lTMaFZdI/Sn9hwYTYdpI/AAAAAAAABak/4keu2TBEx1c/s400/ATP1050972.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368116764634281618" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ya5lTMaFZdI/Sn9hsRZ1TWI/AAAAAAAABac/ydCs47rb8vY/s1600-h/ATP1050970.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ya5lTMaFZdI/Sn9hsRZ1TWI/AAAAAAAABac/ydCs47rb8vY/s400/ATP1050970.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368116694062812514" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ya5lTMaFZdI/Sn9hoE3YcNI/AAAAAAAABaU/5yR5TaeBksM/s1600-h/AP1050998.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 298px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ya5lTMaFZdI/Sn9hoE3YcNI/AAAAAAAABaU/5yR5TaeBksM/s400/AP1050998.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368116621977612498" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ya5lTMaFZdI/Sn9hkKXgChI/AAAAAAAABaM/tKOYinnieLc/s1600-h/AP1060002.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ya5lTMaFZdI/Sn9hkKXgChI/AAAAAAAABaM/tKOYinnieLc/s400/AP1060002.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368116554735028754" /></a><br /><br />But the real excitement occurred after we'd take about ten steps out of the parking lot. Allen's cousin had just finished saying, "You know, every time I visit this park I see a snake," when we saw a juvenile timber rattler crossing the path. And here he is:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ya5lTMaFZdI/Sn9iSbk-BKI/AAAAAAAABas/7fOrkJmEOiU/s1600-h/AP1050948.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ya5lTMaFZdI/Sn9iSbk-BKI/AAAAAAAABas/7fOrkJmEOiU/s400/AP1050948.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368117349628904610" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ya5lTMaFZdI/Sn9ibupPvHI/AAAAAAAABa0/28AwuYBbbaQ/s1600-h/AP1050952cr.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 289px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ya5lTMaFZdI/Sn9ibupPvHI/AAAAAAAABa0/28AwuYBbbaQ/s400/AP1050952cr.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368117509365939314" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ya5lTMaFZdI/Sn9ihRtCspI/AAAAAAAABa8/9TliDHDAXfk/s1600-h/AP1050951.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ya5lTMaFZdI/Sn9ihRtCspI/AAAAAAAABa8/9TliDHDAXfk/s400/AP1050951.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368117604676448914" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ya5lTMaFZdI/Sn9ioAFkqtI/AAAAAAAABbE/Q3p2MHeWHcg/s1600-h/AP1050950.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ya5lTMaFZdI/Sn9ioAFkqtI/AAAAAAAABbE/Q3p2MHeWHcg/s400/AP1050950.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368117720206584530" /></a><br /><br />Some park goers wanted to take photos of the snake. Others were scared. I stopped told a man and a woman on bicycles to stop. I didn't want them running over the snake. From the look on the woman's face, she didn't want the snake running over her. But all it wanted to do was get to the other side of the road. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ya5lTMaFZdI/Sn9iwUGwdbI/AAAAAAAABbM/2AYAoP0mryU/s1600-h/AP1050954.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ya5lTMaFZdI/Sn9iwUGwdbI/AAAAAAAABbM/2AYAoP0mryU/s400/AP1050954.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368117863019214258" /></a>Anita Salzberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146760233494208581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076743427041380299.post-88324878274300401462009-08-09T19:31:00.013-04:002009-09-22T20:16:15.157-04:00Taking Bob the Turtle on a TripIt finally happened. We had to take a sick turtle on vacation (well, along with us for a weekend away) so that Allen could make sure the turtle got his ointment and antibiotics. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ya5lTMaFZdI/Sn9d5jh96uI/AAAAAAAABZ8/wX3wlUocYOw/s1600-h/AP1050943.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 295px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ya5lTMaFZdI/Sn9d5jh96uI/AAAAAAAABZ8/wX3wlUocYOw/s400/AP1050943.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368112524220558050" /></a>Here's Allen, ministering to Bob in our motel. (The fact that Allen's wearing a Red Cross t-shirt as he applies ointment to Bob's paw is purely coincidental). <br /><br />We kept the Do Not Disturb sign on the door so that Housekeeping wouldn't find Bob (in his plastic tub with lid) and freak out. We also weren't anxious to be thrown out of a "no pets allowed" motel.<br /><br />What we do for turtles!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ya5lTMaFZdI/Sn9eA16IYdI/AAAAAAAABaE/HqxJGWhoVjY/s1600-h/AP1050941.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ya5lTMaFZdI/Sn9eA16IYdI/AAAAAAAABaE/HqxJGWhoVjY/s400/AP1050941.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368112649412829650" /></a>Anita Salzberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146760233494208581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076743427041380299.post-62216465267956971092009-06-21T15:01:00.033-04:002009-06-21T21:55:06.256-04:00At the Turtle Show 2009The annual New York Turtle & Tortoise Show was held earlier <br />this month, as always, at the Village Community School in <br />Greenwich Village. And as always, a great time was had by all, <br />including the turtles.<br><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ya5lTMaFZdI/Sj6G-jCXM1I/AAAAAAAABCw/AEO8XdWM2Zw/s1600-h/P1040719+res.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 279px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ya5lTMaFZdI/Sj6G-jCXM1I/AAAAAAAABCw/AEO8XdWM2Zw/s400/P1040719+res.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349861816477889362" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ya5lTMaFZdI/Sj6Gx8DwZoI/AAAAAAAABCo/yzir_wvH5f4/s1600-h/getting+wet.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 316px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ya5lTMaFZdI/Sj6Gx8DwZoI/AAAAAAAABCo/yzir_wvH5f4/s400/getting+wet.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349861599856322178" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ya5lTMaFZdI/Sj6GMRrJH3I/AAAAAAAABCg/W1R3dK8yCnM/s1600-h/taken+a+stroll.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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height: 285px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ya5lTMaFZdI/Sj6FwIbLMhI/AAAAAAAABCQ/IZo6n4Dc1p4/s400/P1040699+zeus+eats.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349860469304406546" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ya5lTMaFZdI/Sj6Fo8WQ_TI/AAAAAAAABCI/-Cd38r2Ldrg/s1600-h/ribbon+winner.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 290px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ya5lTMaFZdI/Sj6Fo8WQ_TI/AAAAAAAABCI/-Cd38r2Ldrg/s400/ribbon+winner.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349860345803504946" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ya5lTMaFZdI/Sj6FkvDXqQI/AAAAAAAABCA/-WUCkez3NPo/s1600-h/sarah+blue+ribbon.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ya5lTMaFZdI/Sj6FkvDXqQI/AAAAAAAABCA/-WUCkez3NPo/s400/sarah+blue+ribbon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349860273515112706" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ya5lTMaFZdI/Sj6FgC5BYVI/AAAAAAAABB4/sJ9jLmsJU3c/s1600-h/kids+with+tort.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ya5lTMaFZdI/Sj6FXGlIADI/AAAAAAAABBo/7cN6PzU9-T4/s400/a+yankees+fan.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349860039312539698" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ya5lTMaFZdI/Sj6FSlvfrRI/AAAAAAAABBg/zHG7zdfPkU0/s1600-h/a+turtlesinger.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ya5lTMaFZdI/Sj6FSlvfrRI/AAAAAAAABBg/zHG7zdfPkU0/s400/a+turtlesinger.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349859961778187538" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ya5lTMaFZdI/Sj6FNCQP_3I/AAAAAAAABBY/U4dQudXEoJQ/s1600-h/personable+red+foot.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ya5lTMaFZdI/Sj6FNCQP_3I/AAAAAAAABBY/U4dQudXEoJQ/s400/personable+red+foot.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349859866352549746" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ya5lTMaFZdI/Sj6FH4GO0_I/AAAAAAAABBQ/p96OmASIjv8/s1600-h/I+am+cute.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ya5lTMaFZdI/Sj6E-YHEchI/AAAAAAAABBA/Nu4BeRbgSfQ/s400/could+this+be+love.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349859614521586194" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ya5lTMaFZdI/Sj6E6RLQ8jI/AAAAAAAABA4/OUDSG_NDHkM/s1600-h/a+zeus+and+r.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ya5lTMaFZdI/Sj6E6RLQ8jI/AAAAAAAABA4/OUDSG_NDHkM/s400/a+zeus+and+r.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349859543940657714" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ya5lTMaFZdI/Sj6E0_H4e8I/AAAAAAAABAw/qeht2qzsowM/s1600-h/a+what+up.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ya5lTMaFZdI/Sj6E0_H4e8I/AAAAAAAABAw/qeht2qzsowM/s400/a+what+up.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349859453195287490" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ya5lTMaFZdI/Sj6EwLdgyZI/AAAAAAAABAo/VrPhSFToRKg/s1600-h/a+kid+feedt.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 291px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ya5lTMaFZdI/Sj6EwLdgyZI/AAAAAAAABAo/VrPhSFToRKg/s400/a+kid+feedt.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349859370607888786" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ya5lTMaFZdI/Sj6ErirCn4I/AAAAAAAABAg/liGq9Zyb7Qg/s1600-h/a+kids+turtle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ya5lTMaFZdI/Sj6ErirCn4I/AAAAAAAABAg/liGq9Zyb7Qg/s400/a+kids+turtle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349859290939301762" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ya5lTMaFZdI/Sj6Em1v1_VI/AAAAAAAABAY/4zh9DJnMFVE/s1600-h/a+jump+over+a+t.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 271px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ya5lTMaFZdI/Sj6EZb68DZI/AAAAAAAABAA/lEK1VtJLCDg/s400/a+flavo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349858979889286546" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ya5lTMaFZdI/Sj6EV0KoFVI/AAAAAAAAA_4/UNVCoM5lceA/s1600-h/a+fine+day.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ya5lTMaFZdI/Sj6EV0KoFVI/AAAAAAAAA_4/UNVCoM5lceA/s400/a+fine+day.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349858917678060882" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ya5lTMaFZdI/Sj6ERrmQUiI/AAAAAAAAA_w/Tw6aG_h-GKk/s1600-h/a+dorky+t.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 280px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ya5lTMaFZdI/Sj6ERrmQUiI/AAAAAAAAA_w/Tw6aG_h-GKk/s400/a+dorky+t.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349858846658548258" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ya5lTMaFZdI/Sj6ENbir0_I/AAAAAAAAA_o/XXq8ujUyfOw/s1600-h/a+beautiful+shell.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 291px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ya5lTMaFZdI/Sj6ENbir0_I/AAAAAAAAA_o/XXq8ujUyfOw/s400/a+beautiful+shell.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349858773629129714" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ya5lTMaFZdI/Sj6EBJdMWdI/AAAAAAAAA_g/Woupf98Oy24/s1600-h/a+beautiful+t.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 296px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ya5lTMaFZdI/Sj6EBJdMWdI/AAAAAAAAA_g/Woupf98Oy24/s400/a+beautiful+t.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349858562615826898" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ya5lTMaFZdI/Sj6D0t5OeqI/AAAAAAAAA_Y/gVTL_mfluM4/s1600-h/Happy-at-the-Turtle-Show-09.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ya5lTMaFZdI/Sj6D0t5OeqI/AAAAAAAAA_Y/gVTL_mfluM4/s400/Happy-at-the-Turtle-Show-09.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349858349058783906" border="0" /></a><br>Anita Salzberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146760233494208581noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076743427041380299.post-26649344359911760802009-05-03T14:53:00.013-04:002009-05-03T15:51:34.579-04:00Turtles on Vacation--Arizona<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ya5lTMaFZdI/Sf31R9PsE1I/AAAAAAAAA0I/y4i9QkaV-L8/s1600-h/P1040028d.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ya5lTMaFZdI/Sf31R9PsE1I/AAAAAAAAA0I/y4i9QkaV-L8/s400/P1040028d.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331687222723482450" border="0" /></a>
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height: 271px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ya5lTMaFZdI/SaM1zSWOKoI/AAAAAAAAAoQ/9loU3iSjvtE/s400/spotteds+diving+1+sm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306143941187218050" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ya5lTMaFZdI/SaM1rdfL4zI/AAAAAAAAAoI/RQYfIH3LE7I/s1600-h/pancake-tort-shell.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ya5lTMaFZdI/SaM1rdfL4zI/AAAAAAAAAoI/RQYfIH3LE7I/s400/pancake-tort-shell.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306143806738654002" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ya5lTMaFZdI/SaM1i8UdxRI/AAAAAAAAAoA/bQJkTtrvK5g/s1600-h/star-tort-shell.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 313px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ya5lTMaFZdI/SaM1i8UdxRI/AAAAAAAAAoA/bQJkTtrvK5g/s400/star-tort-shell.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306143660396365074" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ya5lTMaFZdI/SaM1WqJF-yI/AAAAAAAAAn4/uG58_c-OPoM/s1600-h/hamiltoni-shell.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 209px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ya5lTMaFZdI/SaM1WqJF-yI/AAAAAAAAAn4/uG58_c-OPoM/s400/hamiltoni-shell.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306143449358400290" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Turtle carapaces are varied and beautiful. And they're wonderful camouflage. </span><br /></div>Anita Salzberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146760233494208581noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076743427041380299.post-16467146295726251842009-01-18T20:35:00.018-05:002009-01-18T20:46:05.254-05:00Turtle Plastrons<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ya5lTMaFZdI/SXPbQVafpWI/AAAAAAAAAnQ/lEumwmso2Jw/s1600-h/orange-plastron.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 304px; height: 254px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ya5lTMaFZdI/SXPbQVafpWI/AAAAAAAAAnQ/lEumwmso2Jw/s400/orange-plastron.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292815060763125090" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ya5lTMaFZdI/SXPbE39dC8I/AAAAAAAAAnI/bmY8nHsBFyU/s1600-h/spotted-plastrons.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; 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277px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ya5lTMaFZdI/SXPZ9K65CbI/AAAAAAAAAm4/Kanb4TW8_3M/s400/juvie-snapper-plastron.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292813632017074610" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ya5lTMaFZdI/SXPZipFG1EI/AAAAAAAAAmw/cXIyDdBLIdk/s1600-h/dimondback-terrapin.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 289px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ya5lTMaFZdI/SXPZipFG1EI/AAAAAAAAAmw/cXIyDdBLIdk/s400/dimondback-terrapin.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292813176256517186" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:130%;" >Turtle plastrons–or turtles’ bottom shells--can be pretty amazing,<br />as you can see from these beautiful patterns and colors. </span><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><dl class="gallery-item"><dt class="gallery-icon"> <a href="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/2009/01/18/turtle-plastrons/snake-neck-plastron-web/" title="snake neck turtle"><br /></a> </dt></dl><dl class="gallery-item"><dt class="gallery-icon"> <a href="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/2009/01/18/turtle-plastrons/orange-plastron/" title="Australian turtle"><br /></a> </dt></dl><dl class="gallery-item"><dt class="gallery-icon"> <a href="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/2009/01/18/turtle-plastrons/18-lovely-plastron/" title="colorful markings"><br /></a> </dt></dl> <dl class="gallery-item"><dt class="gallery-icon"> <a href="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/2009/01/18/turtle-plastrons/box-t-plastron-web/" title="Hinged plastron"><br /></a> </dt></dl><dl class="gallery-item"><dt class="gallery-icon"> <a href="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/2009/01/18/turtle-plastrons/juvie-snapper-plastron/" title="Juvie common snapping turtle"><br /></a> </dt></dl><dl class="gallery-item"><dt class="gallery-icon"> <a href="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/2009/01/18/turtle-plastrons/spotted-plastrons/" title="New Guinea turtles I believe"><br /></a> </dt></dl> <dl class="gallery-item"><dt class="gallery-icon"> <a href="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/2009/01/18/turtle-plastrons/babymudplas1/" title="Juvie mud turtle"><br /></a> </dt></dl><dl class="gallery-item"><dt class="gallery-icon"> <a href="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/2009/01/18/turtle-plastrons/dimondback-terrapin/" title="dimondback-terrapin"><br /></a> </dt></dl><dl class="gallery-item"><dt class="gallery-icon"> <a href="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/2009/01/18/turtle-plastrons/black-markings/" title="black-markings"><br /></a> </dt></dl>Anita Salzberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146760233494208581noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076743427041380299.post-88538951422877388952008-10-26T17:03:00.004-04:002008-10-26T17:37:25.202-04:00Husband, Cat , Turtle<img src="file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/Anita/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot.jpg" alt="" /><img src="file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/Anita/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot-1.jpg" alt="" /><a href="http://turtlewife.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/a-typical-am.jpg" mce_href="http://turtlewife.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/a-typical-am.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-196" title="a-typical-am" src="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/10/a-typical-am.jpg?w=195" mce_src="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/10/a-typical-am.jpg?w=195" alt="" width="195" height="300" /></a> <p style="text-align: center;" mce_style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://turtlewife.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/a-typical-am.jpg" mce_href="http://turtlewife.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/a-typical-am.jpg">A<u> typical Sunday morning at our house, years ago, when we had our leopard tortoise.</u></a></p>Anita Salzberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146760233494208581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076743427041380299.post-86779006155455969852008-09-07T21:10:00.002-04:002008-09-07T22:13:38.122-04:00At the Reptile Expo<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter"><dl id="attachment_143" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://turtlewife.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/countycenter.jpg" mce_href="http://turtlewife.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/countycenter.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-143" title="countycenter" src="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/countycenter.jpg?w=300" mce_src="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/countycenter.jpg?w=300" alt="Reptile Expo Floor" height="199" width="300" /></a></dt><dd class="wp-caption-dd">Reptile Expo Floor</dd></dl></div><p class="MsoNormal">Before leaving work on Friday, I mentioned to my boss that Allen and I were going to be selling herp chotchkas at a reptile expo on Sunday.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">My boss, a non-herper, looked bemused. <i>What </i>is a reptile expo? she said.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">To answer the question:</p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">It’s a convention hall (in this instance the White Plains County Center) where aisle upon aisle of snakes, lizards, frogs and turtles (as well as spiders, hissing cockroaches, and miscellaneous other animals) are sold for sums ranging from $10 to $10,000.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Most of said animals are displayed in plastic takeout containers or cages, like these snakes.</p> <div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter"><dl id="attachment_145" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://turtlewife.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/more-snakes-glass.jpg" mce_href="http://turtlewife.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/more-snakes-glass.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-145" title="more-snakes-glass" src="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/more-snakes-glass.jpg?w=300" mce_src="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/more-snakes-glass.jpg?w=300" alt="snakes under glass" height="225" width="300" /></a></dt><dd class="wp-caption-dd">snakes under glass</dd></dl></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://turtlewife.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/snakes-under-glass.jpg" mce_href="http://turtlewife.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/snakes-under-glass.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-146" title="snakes-under-glass" src="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/snakes-under-glass.jpg?w=300" mce_src="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/snakes-under-glass.jpg?w=300" alt="" height="225" width="300" /></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Iguanas are kept in wire mesh cages.</p> <div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter"><dl id="attachment_147" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://turtlewife.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/admiring-merlin.jpg" mce_href="http://turtlewife.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/admiring-merlin.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-147" title="admiring-merlin" src="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/admiring-merlin.jpg?w=300" mce_src="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/admiring-merlin.jpg?w=300" alt="Iguana up for adoption" height="225" width="300" /></a></dt><dd class="wp-caption-dd">Iguana up for adoption</dd></dl></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Chameleons are also usually displayed in cages. But sometimes, they're allowed to hang out on a tree branch.</p> <div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter"><dl id="attachment_149" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://turtlewife.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/chameleon-on-branch.jpg" mce_href="http://turtlewife.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/chameleon-on-branch.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-149" title="chameleon-on-branch" src="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/chameleon-on-branch.jpg?w=300" mce_src="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/chameleon-on-branch.jpg?w=300" alt="Just hanging around" height="225" width="300" /></a></dt><dd class="wp-caption-dd">Just hanging around</dd></dl></div><p class="MsoNormal">Bearded dragons, that neither slither nor leap, are shown off for sale in oversized Tupperware tubs and fish tanks.<br /></p> <div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter"><dl id="attachment_153" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://turtlewife.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/dragon-line.jpg" mce_href="http://turtlewife.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/dragon-line.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-153" title="dragon-line" src="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/dragon-line.jpg?w=300" mce_src="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/dragon-line.jpg?w=300" alt="Juvenile bearded dragons basking" height="225" width="300" /></a></dt><dd class="wp-caption-dd">Juvenile bearded dragons basking</dd></dl></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Large beardies happily ride around on an arm, shoulder or other part of the anatomy -- before and after purchase.</p> <p><img src="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/DOCUME%7E1/Anita/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot.jpg" mce_src="/DOCUME~1/Anita/LOCALS~1/Temp/moz-screenshot.jpg" alt="" /></p> <div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter"><dl id="attachment_152" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 234px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/beardie-epulets.jpg" mce_href="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/beardie-epulets.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-152" title="beardie-epulets" src="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/beardie-epulets.jpg?w=224" mce_src="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/beardie-epulets.jpg?w=224" alt="John from the Long Island Herp Society" height="300" width="224" /></a></dt><dd class="wp-caption-dd">John from the Long Island Herp Society</dd></dl></div><div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter"><dl id="attachment_154" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 234px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://turtlewife.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/my-new-hat.jpg" mce_href="http://turtlewife.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/my-new-hat.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-154" title="my-new-hat" src="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/my-new-hat.jpg?w=224" mce_src="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/my-new-hat.jpg?w=224" alt="Unconventional traveller" height="300" width="224" /></a></dt><dd class="wp-caption-dd">Unconventional traveller</dd></dl></div><p class="MsoNormal">Geckos come in takeout containers.</p> <div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter"><dl id="attachment_156" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://turtlewife.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/geckos-in-tubs.jpg" mce_href="http://turtlewife.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/geckos-in-tubs.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-156" title="geckos-in-tubs" src="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/geckos-in-tubs.jpg?w=300" mce_src="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/geckos-in-tubs.jpg?w=300" alt="Not our natural habitat" height="222" width="300" /></a></dt><dd class="wp-caption-dd">Not our natural habitat</dd></dl></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://turtlewife.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/geckos.jpg" mce_href="http://turtlewife.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/geckos.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-159" title="geckos" src="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/geckos.jpg?w=300" mce_src="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/geckos.jpg?w=300" alt="" height="214" width="300" /></a><a href="http://turtlewife.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/geckos-in-containers.jpg" mce_href="http://turtlewife.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/geckos-in-containers.jpg"> </a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">You'll find frogs in fish tanks.</p> <div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter"><dl id="attachment_160" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://turtlewife.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/dart-frogs-glass.jpg" mce_href="http://turtlewife.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/dart-frogs-glass.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-160" title="dart-frogs-glass" src="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/dart-frogs-glass.jpg?w=300" mce_src="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/dart-frogs-glass.jpg?w=300" alt="Dart frogs" height="225" width="300" /></a></dt><dd class="wp-caption-dd">Dart frogs</dd></dl></div><p class="MsoNormal">Turtles in tanks and tubs.</p> <div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter"><dl id="attachment_162" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://turtlewife.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/red-ears-tub.jpg" mce_href="http://turtlewife.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/red-ears-tub.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-162" title="red-ears-tub" src="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/red-ears-tub.jpg?w=300" mce_src="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/red-ears-tub.jpg?w=300" alt="Red eared sliders" height="225" width="300" /></a></dt><dd class="wp-caption-dd">Red eared sliders</dd></dl></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://turtlewife.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/turts-tubs.jpg" mce_href="http://turtlewife.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/turts-tubs.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-163" title="turts-tubs" src="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/turts-tubs.jpg?w=300" mce_src="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/turts-tubs.jpg?w=300" alt="" height="213" width="300" /></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Then there's all the paraphernalia necessary to feed -</p> <div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter"><dl id="attachment_164" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 234px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://turtlewife.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/reptile-deli.jpg" mce_href="http://turtlewife.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/reptile-deli.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-164" title="reptile-deli" src="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/reptile-deli.jpg?w=224" mce_src="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/reptile-deli.jpg?w=224" alt="Snake food" height="300" width="224" /></a></dt><dd class="wp-caption-dd">Snake food</dd></dl></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter"><dl id="attachment_165" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://turtlewife.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/herp-bites.jpg" mce_href="http://turtlewife.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/herp-bites.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-165" title="herp-bites" src="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/herp-bites.jpg?w=300" mce_src="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/herp-bites.jpg?w=300" alt="Packaged food" height="225" width="300" /></a></dt><dd class="wp-caption-dd">Packaged food</dd></dl></div><p class="MsoNormal">House -</p> <div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter"><dl id="attachment_166" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://turtlewife.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/cages.jpg" mce_href="http://turtlewife.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/cages.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-166" title="cages" src="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/cages.jpg?w=300" mce_src="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/cages.jpg?w=300" alt="Critter cages" height="225" width="300" /></a></dt><dd class="wp-caption-dd">Critter cages</dd></dl></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">And maintain your herp collection:</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://turtlewife.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/repti-fogger.jpg" mce_href="http://turtlewife.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/repti-fogger.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-182" title="repti-fogger" src="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/repti-fogger.jpg?w=224" mce_src="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/repti-fogger.jpg?w=224" alt="" height="300" width="224" /></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Mostly, I just enjoy looking at the people and the herps.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://turtlewife.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/lizard-looks-up.jpg" mce_href="http://turtlewife.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/lizard-looks-up.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-170" title="lizard-looks-up" src="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/lizard-looks-up.jpg?w=300" mce_src="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/lizard-looks-up.jpg?w=300" alt="" height="225" width="300" /></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://turtlewife.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/child-watching-turtles.jpg" mce_href="http://turtlewife.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/child-watching-turtles.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-172" title="child-watching-turtles" src="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/child-watching-turtles.jpg?w=300" mce_src="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/child-watching-turtles.jpg?w=300" alt="" height="225" width="300" /></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://turtlewife.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/people-at-the-show.jpg" mce_href="http://turtlewife.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/people-at-the-show.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-173" title="people-at-the-show" src="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/people-at-the-show.jpg?w=300" mce_src="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/people-at-the-show.jpg?w=300" alt="" height="225" width="300" /></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://turtlewife.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/green-py2.jpg" mce_href="http://turtlewife.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/green-py2.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-177" title="green-py2" src="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/green-py2.jpg?w=224" mce_src="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/green-py2.jpg?w=224" alt="" height="300" width="224" /></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://turtlewife.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/red-eyed-tree3d.jpg" mce_href="http://turtlewife.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/red-eyed-tree3d.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-176" title="red-eyed-tree3d" src="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/red-eyed-tree3d.jpg?w=300" mce_src="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/red-eyed-tree3d.jpg?w=300" alt="" height="225" width="300" /></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://turtlewife.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/at-the-expo-sept-08.jpg" mce_href="http://turtlewife.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/at-the-expo-sept-08.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-178" title="at-the-expo-sept-08" src="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/at-the-expo-sept-08.jpg?w=300" mce_src="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/at-the-expo-sept-08.jpg?w=300" alt="" height="225" width="300" /></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://turtlewife.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/watusi-for-web.jpg" mce_href="http://turtlewife.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/watusi-for-web.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-179" title="watusi-for-web" src="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/watusi-for-web.jpg?w=228" mce_src="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/watusi-for-web.jpg?w=228" alt="" height="300" width="228" /></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>Anita Salzberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146760233494208581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076743427041380299.post-42219907106958609582008-08-23T17:25:00.013-04:002008-08-23T20:58:50.754-04:00Turtles on VacationOver many years of being married to a turtle lover – my husband Allen – I’ve learned that there are, strictly speaking, only two types of vacations:<br /><br /><o:p></o:p> <ol style="margin-top: 0in;" start="1" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Those undertaken for the express purpose of seeing turtles <!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--> <!--[endif]--></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Those undertaken for simple rest and relaxation – along with the hope that one will see some turtles along the way.</li></ol> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p>Last week, we vacationed in <st1:state st="on">Connecticut</st1:state> and <st1:state st="on"><st1:place st="on">Rhode Island</st1:place></st1:state> – a rest and relaxation vacation.<span style=""> </span>Nevertheless, there were turtle sightings, to wit:<br /><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p>We spied Eastern painted turtles at Mystic Aquarium’s wetlands pond.</p><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ya5lTMaFZdI/SLCuFqm8LAI/AAAAAAAAABA/c0xabnN5RZI/s1600-h/painted-t-mystic.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ya5lTMaFZdI/SLCuFqm8LAI/AAAAAAAAABA/c0xabnN5RZI/s320/painted-t-mystic.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237877778992081922" border="0" /></a> <p class="MsoNormal">At Marble House (below), a Gilded Age mansion in <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">Newport</st1:city>, <st1:state st="on">RI</st1:state></st1:place> (now a museum), we took a self-guided tour. When we arrived in the kitchen, the narrator on the tape mimicked the sound of chopping off a terrapin head in preparation for cooking. (I guess this was a turtle “sounding” rather than a “sighting.”) Across the room, in a glass-fronted cabinet, was a turtle mold, made of what looked like pewter. Not sure what might have been cooked in the mold. Wasn't allowed to take photos in the house, so no picture of said mold.<br /></p><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ya5lTMaFZdI/SLCuUzomyAI/AAAAAAAAABI/wGfIMYpy6Bs/s1600-h/marble-house.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ya5lTMaFZdI/SLCuUzomyAI/AAAAAAAAABI/wGfIMYpy6Bs/s320/marble-house.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237878039113025538" border="0" /></a>And in <st1:state st="on"><st1:place st="on">Connecticut</st1:place></st1:state>, at a Feast of Green Corn, known as Schemitzun, presented by the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, we saw rattles, medicine pouches and dream catchers made by tribal artisans from turtle shells and other materials.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ya5lTMaFZdI/SLCvQKHlEwI/AAAAAAAAABg/WHsdJLX7MS0/s1600-h/P1020079wolf-shells.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ya5lTMaFZdI/SLCvQKHlEwI/AAAAAAAAABg/WHsdJLX7MS0/s320/P1020079wolf-shells.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237879058760798978" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ya5lTMaFZdI/SLCvEHWhrHI/AAAAAAAAABY/6eFid3dlsAA/s1600-h/DSC_0270-3-tcatchers.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ya5lTMaFZdI/SLCvEHWhrHI/AAAAAAAAABY/6eFid3dlsAA/s320/DSC_0270-3-tcatchers.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237878851859754098" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ya5lTMaFZdI/SLCu8IJOAcI/AAAAAAAAABQ/Jcu6LeqoCpA/s1600-h/2-turtle-rattles.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ya5lTMaFZdI/SLCu8IJOAcI/AAAAAAAAABQ/Jcu6LeqoCpA/s320/2-turtle-rattles.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237878714633421250" border="0" /></a>Anita Salzberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146760233494208581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076743427041380299.post-34919728649513895332008-08-03T19:37:00.000-04:002008-08-03T19:40:36.581-04:00Turtle Pond Envy<a href="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/li-turtle-pond.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-117" src="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/li-turtle-pond.jpg?w=300" alt="" height="199" width="300" /></a><br /><br />I have a bad case of turtle pond envy.<br /><br />Each time Allen and I visit friends who have a) a backyard, and b) a backyard turtle pond, we find ourselves, apartment dwellers that we are, wishing for a little bit more real estate for our turtles.<br /><br />This weekend, we visited turtle friends who are blessed with both a backyard and a turtle pond/s.<br /><br />Who wouldn't be envious?<br /><br /><a href="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/turtle-pond-closeup.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-123" src="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/turtle-pond-closeup.jpg?w=300" alt="" height="216" width="300" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/dbt.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-120" src="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/dbt.jpg?w=300" alt="" height="199" width="300" /></a><br />Last year, we visited other turtle friends with a similarly<br />resplendent outdoor people-and-turtle set up.<br /><br /><a href="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/tpond-07.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-119" src="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/tpond-07.jpg?w=300" alt="" height="213" width="300" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/tpond-07-coot.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-118" src="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/tpond-07-coot.jpg?w=300" alt="" height="233" width="300" /></a><br /><br />Sigh!Anita Salzberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146760233494208581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076743427041380299.post-71454798070887562462008-08-03T19:33:00.001-04:002008-08-03T19:37:14.006-04:00Can Turtles and Iguanas Be Friends?<a href="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/p1010456-tort-ig-7.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-82" src="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/p1010456-tort-ig-7.jpg?w=300" alt="Yellow Foot Tortoise & Iguana" height="142" width="194" /></a><br /><br />This was a question I'd never thought to ask - until yesterday, when Allen and I visited our friend AJ, an iguana rehabber. We see AJ at every reptile show at the Westchester County Center in White Plains, NY.<br /><br />She's usually there with one or more iguanas who need homes, along with Merlin, an iguana who has the run of her Connecticut home, which she shares with her husband, two sons and approximately 35 other iguanas. (I didn't get an exact read on the lizard population -- the number may be higher, though I doubt lower.)<br /><br />Just as many turtle lovers start out with one turtle, AJ started with one iguana, a birthday present from her family 12 years ago. Then, a friend wrote a story for a local publication about her iguana, and included AJ's phone number. "The phone hasn't stopped ringing since," says AJ.<br /><br />I knew that we'd be seeing a large number of lizards; I just didn't realize that AJ also keeps turtles, tortoises (and frogs). Or, that her tortoises coexist quite nicely with her iguanas, as you can see, above and below.<br /><br />The iguanas also coexist (for the most part -- gotta separate the dominant males) very well with each other. And many enjoy a swank picture window habitat.<br /><br />The turtles in our house should have it so good!<br /><br />]<a href="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/dsc_0018-7.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-81" src="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/dsc_0018-7.jpg?w=300" alt="Fast friends" height="166" width="240" /></a><br /><dl> <dt><a href="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/p1010435-71.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-84" src="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/p1010435-71.jpg?w=300" alt="Red Foot Tortoise and Iguana" height="167" width="216" /></a></dt> </dl><a href="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/p1010412-the-life-7.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-80" src="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/p1010412-the-life-7.jpg?w=300" alt="This is the life!" height="162" width="216" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/sm-p1010409dk.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-83" src="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/sm-p1010409dk.jpg?w=300" alt="Habitat" height="162" width="216" /></a>Anita Salzberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146760233494208581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076743427041380299.post-54679238362354734782008-08-03T18:06:00.001-04:002008-08-03T18:08:19.295-04:00More Turtle Show PhotosOne of the most exciting part of the Turtle Show is taking photos of people and turtles. In fact, it might just be the very best part. And this blog, well, it's a great forum to show off lots of those photos.<br /><br /><a href="http://turtlewife.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/turtle-judging.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-23" src="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/turtle-judging.jpg?w=225" alt="Turtle judging" height="300" width="225" /></a><br /><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p>Above, our turtle judge.<br /><p style="text-align: center;"></p>Next, some of the turtles he judged.<br /><br /><a href="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/redfoot-at-turtle-show.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-28" src="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/redfoot-at-turtle-show.jpg?w=300" alt="Redfoot tortoise" height="196" width="280" /></a><br /><p style="text-align: center;"></p>Above, a red foot tortoise.<br /><p style="text-align: center;"></p><a href="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/web-p1010178-res-full-cr.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-29" src="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/web-p1010178-res-full-cr.jpg?w=300" alt="Red Eared Slider Turtle" height="199" width="283" /></a><br /><p style="text-align: center;"></p>Above, a red-eared slider.<br /><p style="text-align: center;"></p><br /><a href="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/bunch-of-tortoises-cr.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-25" src="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/bunch-of-tortoises-cr.jpg?w=300" alt="Star and Leopard Tortoises" height="207" width="276" /></a><br /><p style="text-align: center;"></p>Star and Leopard tortoises.<br /><p style="text-align: center;"></p><a href="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/leaf-headed-turtle-web.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-26" src="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/leaf-headed-turtle-web.jpg?w=300" alt="Mata Mata" height="189" width="255" /></a><br /><p style="text-align: center;"></p>A Mata Mata, or a South American leaf headed turtle. Yes, this really is a turtle!<br /><p style="text-align: center;"></p><br /><a href="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/beware-attack-turtle.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-33" src="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/beware-attack-turtle.jpg?w=300" alt="Juvenile box turtle" height="216" width="283" /></a><br /><p style="text-align: center;"></p>Above, a juvenile Eastern Box turtle<br /><p style="text-align: center;"></p><a href="http://turtlewife.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/curoa-smile.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-37" src="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/curoa-smile.jpg?w=300" alt="Adult Chinese Box Turtle" height="206" width="284" /></a><br /><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p>An adult Chinese box turtle<br /><p style="text-align: center;"></p><a href="http://turtlewife.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/snapper-and-friend.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-39" src="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/snapper-and-friend.jpg?w=300" alt="Common Snapper photoshopped" height="214" width="285" /></a><br /><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p>A common snapping turtle (and "floating" friend). Yes, this was photo manipulated.<br /><p style="text-align: center;"></p><a href="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/turtle-shoes.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-38" src="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/turtle-shoes.jpg?w=300" alt="Turtle flip-flops" height="201" width="273" /></a><br /><p style="text-align: center;"></p>And the only pair of turtle flip-flops I've ever seen!<br /><p style="text-align: center;"></p>Bet you didn't know there were this many kinds of turtles in the world!<br /><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><br /><p style="text-align: center;"></p>Anita Salzberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146760233494208581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076743427041380299.post-4387684145094528972008-08-03T17:50:00.001-04:002008-12-10T21:09:32.360-05:00The Annual NY Turtle & Tortoise Society Show<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ya5lTMaFZdI/SJYp69JSvzI/AAAAAAAAAAc/xf93msF5bxQ/s1600-h/camera-shy-tort.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 263px; height: 176px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ya5lTMaFZdI/SJYp69JSvzI/AAAAAAAAAAc/xf93msF5bxQ/s320/camera-shy-tort.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230414110060101426" border="0" /></a><br />One thing never ceases to amaze me about the annual New York Turtle & Tortoise Society (NYTTS) turtle show – how fast the time goes. Allen and I drive into Manhattan, arrive at the Village Community School at 11 am, and spend the next hour setting up (we don’t bring turtles; we bring turtle chotchkes to sell) in the school yard.<br /><br />At noon, the “doors” open to people and turtles. What feels like mere minutes later, it’s 5pm – the white, red and blue ribbons are being announced, and the trophy for best turtle is given for health, longevity and breeding success.<br /><p class="MsoNormal">And then it’s 6—time to pack up and go home.</p>How does the day go by so fast?<br /><p class="MsoNormal">Many things remain the same from year to year: turtles bask in tanks and tubs and kiddie pools. Umbrellas provide shade for some; pottery shards, newspaper, and plastic tubs shelter others from the heat of the day.</p><a href="http://turtlewife.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/web-p1010191-chinese-box.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-7" src="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/06/web-p1010191-chinese-box.jpg?w=300" alt="Juvenile Chinese Box Turtle" height="147" width="196" /></a><br /><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><a href="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/06/web-p1010047-umbr.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-8" src="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/06/web-p1010047-umbr.jpg?w=300" alt="Water turtles enjoy some shade." height="154" width="196" /></a><p class="MsoNormal"></p>Sulcatas, red foots, yellow foots and leopard tortoises mosey around the school yard, getting under people’s feet, eliciting <em>oohs </em>and <em>ahhs </em>and attracting everyone with a digital camera (including me, of course).<br /><p class="MsoNormal">Dr. Roger Wood of the Wetlands Institute in Stone Harbor, New Jersey is on hand with educational displays, adult and hatchling diamondback terrapins, students from Stockton State College and international interns learning about turtle conservation.</p>A veterinarian, most often Dr. Bill McCord, goes from turtle to turtle, carefully judging each turtle and giving each owner care advice. (<em>How old is your box turtle and what are you feeding it? It’s two years old and you’re giving it fruits and vegetables? Try to give it worms once a week, or a pinky. It needs more protein at this stage of life.) </em><br /><p class="MsoNormal"></p>Dozens of turtle species are exhibited: red-eared sliders, snappers, spotted turtles, eastern box turtles, Chinese box turtles, Greek tortoises, cooters, mata matas, hingback tortoises, Horsefelds tortoises – even some Japanese pond turtles, which won this year’s grand prize.<br /><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://turtlewife.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/web-japonica-baby.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-12" src="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/06/web-japonica-baby.jpg?w=300" alt="Juvenile Japanese Pond Turtle " height="174" width="239" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><a href="http://turtlewife.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/sm-p1010264-winner-family-jim.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-20 alignnone" src="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/06/sm-p1010264-winner-family-jim.jpg?w=229" alt="Winners 2008 Turtle Show" height="245" width="188" /></a><br /><br />One thing is plain: people love their turtles!<br /><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/06/web-p1010218-michael-and-sn.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-9" src="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/06/web-p1010218-michael-and-sn.jpg?w=219" alt="Turtle lover and common snapping turtle." height="234" width="172" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><a href="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/06/w-ebp1000989-diane-and-turt.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-11" src="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/06/w-ebp1000989-diane-and-turt.jpg?w=225" alt="Turtle lover and hingeback tortoise" height="216" width="163" /></a><br /><a href="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/06/web-love-my-sulcata.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-10" src="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/06/web-love-my-sulcata.jpg?w=300" alt="Turtle lover and African sulcata (spur-thigh) tortoise. " height="155" width="222" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://turtlewife.wordpress.com/files/2008/06/w-ebp1000989-diane-and-turt.jpg"> </a>When I can get away from our sale table, I walk around, take photos, talk to old friends, and do my own ohhing and ahhing over the turtles.<br /><p class="MsoNormal">The day is rarely long enough!</p>Anita Salzberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146760233494208581noreply@blogger.com0