Softshell turtle - FaunaClassifieds
FaunaClassifieds  
  Tired of those Google and InfoLink ads? Upgrade Your Membership!
  Inside FaunaClassifieds » Photo Gallery  
 

Go Back   FaunaClassifieds > Reptile & Amphibian - General Discussion Forums > Field Collecting/Observing

Notices

Field Collecting/Observing Sightings of herps in the wild, where-tos and how-tos, as well as photos of herps in their native environment.

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 09-15-2017, 07:26 PM   #1
WebSlave
Softshell turtle

Today Connie and I drove to the post office and took a back road. Up ahead in the road we saw something, but neither one of us could make it out till we were right up on it. At least we recognized it long before we would have run it over. It was a good sized jet black softshell turtle. I keep forgetting that my smartphone is also a camera, otherwise I would have taken a pic or three of it.

Anyway, I thought it interesting that when I approached the turtle from the backside to lift him off of the road, streams of fluid squired out from the front of him approximately above where the front legs extended from under the shell. Never seem them do that before. I did notice a kind of pungent odor, but I couldn't swear that the smell came from the fluid it squirted out. Glad I wasn't in front of him, as I might have chased people out of the post office had I caught the streams all over my legs.

And man he was black colored. Dark as coal and completely black. Wish I had gotten a pic of him, but oh well. Maybe sooner or later I'll get the hang of this new fangled phone I've got. I'm still thinking it is ONLY a phone, I guess.
 
Old 10-05-2017, 12:20 AM   #2
blueboost68
Wow never had one do that also solid black wish you could have got a few picks.
 
Old 10-05-2017, 12:21 AM   #3
blueboost68
Sorry pics.
 
Old 10-05-2017, 02:51 AM   #4
WebSlave
Well, maybe I'll see him again. The road he was on is just a mile or so from our house. I'll try to remember that my smart phone actually can take pictures....
 

Join now to reply to this thread or open new ones for your questions & comments! FaunaClassifieds.com is the largest online community about Reptile & Amphibians, Snakes, Lizards and number one classifieds service with thousands of ads to look for. Registration is open to everyone and FREE. Click Here to Register!

 
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
[For Sale] Well started young turtles, chicken turtle, map turtle, softshell etc nikki0601 Turtles/Tortoises 2 06-06-2014 01:50 AM
[For Sale] Softshell turtle zorak1 Turtles/Tortoises 1 08-21-2009 10:44 PM
Looking for hatchling Painted Turtle and Softshell turtle... xtremeclimber Turtles/Tortoises 1 07-02-2006 09:12 PM


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 10:55 AM.







Fauna Top Sites


Powered by vBulletin® Version
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Page generated in 0.02834797 seconds with 10 queries
Content copyrighted ©2002-2022, FaunaClassifieds, LLC