{"id":9558,"date":"2024-11-01T11:43:39","date_gmt":"2024-11-01T15:43:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/?p=9558"},"modified":"2024-11-01T11:43:39","modified_gmt":"2024-11-01T15:43:39","slug":"turtle-in-driveway-2024-10-31","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/2024\/11\/turtle-in-driveway-2024-10-31.html","title":{"rendered":"Turtle in driveway 2024-10-31"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\nStopped pretty quick to avoid this turtle.\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Left\" name=\"TiD:Left\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2024-10-31--turtle-in-driveway\/20241031_131813.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2024-10-31--turtle-in-driveway\/20241031_131813.jpg\"  alt=\"[Left]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2024-10-31--turtle-in-driveway\/20241031_131813.html\">Left<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nNot sure what kind of turtle.\r\nI&#8217;m guessing river cooter or pond slider.\r\nI&#8217;m leaning towards pond slider, <em>Trachemys scripta scripta<\/em>, due to the vertical thickness of the shell.<!--more-->\r\n\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Front\" name=\"TiD:Front\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2024-10-31--turtle-in-driveway\/20241031_131824.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\"  width=\"600\"  border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2024-10-31--turtle-in-driveway\/20241031_131824.jpg\"  alt=\"[Front]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2024-10-31--turtle-in-driveway\/20241031_131824.html\">Front<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nThis one is about 7-8 inches long.\r\nIt was heading away from the cypress swamp, which was about 300 feet behind it.\r\n<p>\r\nThe dogs wanted to investigate, but I wouldn&#8217;t let them out of the truck.\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Right\" name=\"TiD:Right\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2024-10-31--turtle-in-driveway\/20241031_131832.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\"  width=\"600\"  border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2024-10-31--turtle-in-driveway\/20241031_131832.jpg\"  alt=\"[Right]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2024-10-31--turtle-in-driveway\/20241031_131832.html\">Right<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<P>\r\nI moved the turtle out of the way.\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Back\" name=\"TiD:Back\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2024-10-31--turtle-in-driveway\/20241031_131841.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\"  width=\"600\"  border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2024-10-31--turtle-in-driveway\/20241031_131841.jpg\"  alt=\"[Back]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2024-10-31--turtle-in-driveway\/20241031_131841.html\">Back<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nAnd we continued out the gate.\r\n<p>\r\n -jsq\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Stopped pretty quick to avoid this turtle. 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