Turtle porn

Have caught that show myself. In the past 7 years I have probably tagged 25 box turtles by writing my initials and the date in marker on the shell. Have yet to see one a second time, although I now wonder if it wears off.

Ha, same thing here, i heard a forester say that a large population of box turtles is a good indicator of a healthy eco-system.

I love all turtles, but box turtles might be my favorite. If I’m driving and see a turtle crossing the road I cant help but stop and move them to safety.

I've often wondered how Turtles continued to survive seeing as how hard it is for a male and a female to even find each other in the woods. But I recently read that a male's sperm can stay vital inside a female for up to a year. The female can actually have multiple seperate "egg layings " from a single sexual encounter.

Yes that marking wears off pretty fast,it's weird your box turtles are different than our ornate box turtles

Carve your name in them next time....not that anyone cares but here is a funny story.

My uncle in Ohio calls me (around the year 2000) and asks if I ever carved my name in a turtle shell. He found a turtle with my name carved in it. We used to spend summers in Ohio on the family farm. I told him it wasnt me. Well when I was a child I broke my arm and spent a week in the hospital (1986, it was a nasty break). When family came to visit me, half of them went to the wrong hospital room.....it was the other David Yoder! I was a child at the time and didn't know him, but years later he would carve his name in a turtle shell to be found by my uncle.

^^^ That's crazy. What are the odds.
I saw a box turtle in the woods with someones initials painted in red on the shell. It looked like fingernail polish. I have no idea how long that would last but the nearest neighbor was over a mile away from us. It kind of gave me a creepy feeling there for a second, I thought we had an artistic trespasser.

cutman said:

I love all turtles, but box turtles might be my favorite. If I’m driving and see a turtle crossing the road I cant help but stop and move them to safety.

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Me too.