Excuse Me ~ Is There a Turtle Expert in the House?
So 'splain to me how my little Mort is building her 2D nest in as many mths but not a fella caller since LAST YEAR. pic.twitter.com/4LUKePDSnx
— tree hugging sister (@treehuggingsis) July 1, 2014
If, on TOP of FIVE DOGS, I now get to look forward to babysitting fifty-two infant terrapins, my attitude will be undergoing a serious readjustment.
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July 1, 2014 9:50 am
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Yeah, I thought even turtles need two to tango.
Have you looked in the sky for a new star lately?
I’m reminded of the P.G. Wodehouse line about “the male codfish who, becoming the father of six million little codfish, cheerfully resolves to love them all.”
Testudines are proverbially slow.
Girl chickens will lay eggs with nary a rooster in site. (Of course, said eggs will never hatch, not being fertilized). Could be a similar thing here.
I wonder what a turtle-egg omelet would be like…
According to box turtle websites, old girl can, um, “store the goods” of her romps with the rosy eyed devil we introduced to the backyard LAST YEAR for up to THREE YEARS!
But, goofy me, I thought THAT was the explanation for last’s month’s nest. I didn’t know she could dole it out…if she can.
Ew ew ew “store the goods” ew ew ew Mommy make it stop!
Could be parthenogenesis, known to happen to some reptiles.
A few years ago in a zoo somewhere a Sumatra Dragon had babies after decades of celibacy.
Kinda sounds like my love life, Hah, Hah
In philosophical circles it could be how Jesus was conceived. I don’t believe I went there>>>
She is a lovely box turtle. Consider yourself very fortunate. Here are a couple of good sites.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/roger_inkart/7133776773/
http://www.mckeever.org/turtle.html