Thursday, September 27, 2012

Turtles.....

Today I want to tell you about the TURTLES that we saw while on Vacation....  
     One of the times when Sarge's Dad.. and Ours went fishing they found this guy and brought him back fur everybuddy to see.

 This is a Woods turtle...  we put him on the picnic table so that you could see him really good..   HE was a GUY turtle.     You can tell beclaws Guy turtles of THIS TYPE have BROWN Eyes and their shells are Rounded in the back where their tails are.    Girrrrl Woods turtles have Red Eyes and their shells are Flat above their tails.     ( My MOM had to tell us this stuffs...   she is just FULL of useless and boring  information.)
 This is ME showing Ernie about the turtle guy.
 I had to show him that BOTH ends are interesting to sniff.
 Then I told him that we had to put the turtle BACK into the woods so that it could continue its LONG LIFE.     Ernie was wanting to KEEP him as a Furend and bring him to our hill to live... butt I said NO he needs to stay THERE where his OWN furends were.      So then we told him it was nice to meet and fur him to go on his Pokey way.
 Now THIS is NOT the turtle that we had at our Vacation Cabinet/Cottage Cheese place.   NO this one lives in a NATURE Center that was in the Park.    See what they like to eat?   Tomatoes and Lettuce... and in the Wild they eat lots of other veggie type stuffs.
 And THESE TWO guys were also in the Nature center... and they are WATER turtles.   Their water was so clean and clear that you really can hardly tell in the picture BUTT they are actually SWIMMING in the water that was about 18 inches deep.  
Turtles may be Slow and Pokey... butt they ARE cool drool.      Hope you enjoyed them.

33 comments:

Finn said...

They are so cool!! When I get that close they curl up in their shells....I love to give them a scare!

Unknown said...

BOL Finns comment. We'd probably try and chew their shells. What cool adventures you had on your holiday. Have a terrific Thursday.
Best wishes Molly

Bassetmomma said...

Thank you so much for sharing such cool turtles!

Uji, Angel Izzy, Ziggy, Angel Bean, Angel Hiro and Momma Tea said...

Wee lovs da turtle Frankie Fanks yoo so muchly fur showin dems to us, wee woods also likes one fur a pet butts Momster sayd 'NO' y'all has a pigeon and a Squid n dat is quite enuff .

Ol poopy head her is sometimes

Lovs
Da K Krew
xxxxxxxxx

Debbie said...

How cool! My doggies wouldnt just be nice and sniff like you though, hehehe!

GOOSE said...

Imagine my embarrassment that this whole time I have been calling the girl turtles DUDE'S. call out to them and sniff them. No wonder they just shoot right into their shells when I bark out at them and try to sniff them. I am afraid I have a lot of apologizing to do to some turtle girls, I guess the boys too cuz I have been calling them little misses.
Blessings,
Goose

Scooter said...

Hey F-n-E!
Wow, what cool turtlies! My peeps were really happy to see all of those...not me though because I was busy working working working and working. Pthhtth and Booooo. Anyway, the crabby girls are all agog to see these pawesome shell furiends!
Grr and Woof,
Sarge, COP

Scooter said...

BTW: Speaking of my crabby girls, Shelldon and Beachnut have been changing shells so much it's hard to keep track of them! BOL OMC they've totally switched each other's shells now. Crazy girls!

Dougall-the-Scottie said...

Obviously your turtles don't do what our's do when they is scareded...

My Auntie Nyssa saved a turtle from getting runned over on the road. He thanked her by spraying her with a not so lovely smell... hehe... She has a spare towel in her car now... to cover them incase it happens again... bol!!

Angels Amber and Max DaWeenie and Mom said...

Oooh Oooh I wants a TURDle of me very own! Maybe him won't PICK on me like brudder Max (DaOdderWeenie)

Matilda the Boxer said...

Wow, you just make new furiends everywhere!

Random Felines said...

wow - you meet the most interesting anipals!

Lovable Lily said...

Yup, slow and steady win the race!

thanks for the really cool lesson today on Turtles.

Hugs,
Lily Belle & Muffin

animal lover, quilt lover said...

Oh I did enjoy the turtles and I learned something too!!!!! Wonderful post Frankie and Ernie!!!
Tinker found a turtle while she was with us. I now know it was a male Woods Turtle!!! Neat!!! Thank you!!

Rubie and Poots (her Mum) said...

Hey - that Woods Turtle guy was really lovely, great shaped shell and interesting markings! Glad you took him back to his friends in the wild.

Tail Wuggles, Rubie xxx

ShellePenn said...

Love the information about the turtles!! We didn't know....

now if we find one, we can tell people all about it's gender

Shelle, Milo, Dixie and Newby,
http://simpaticodreams.blogspot.com/

Murphy said...

Our peepes used to have Russian Turtles and they stunk the whole house up. Did your stink?

Your friends,

Murphy & Stanley

Golden Woofs! SUGAR said...

Woof! Woof! So COOL! Here Turtle are called HONU and I do see them when I swim in the ocean. Golden Thanks for the info and sharing the photos. Lots of Golden Woofs, Sugar

The Websters said...

I have never met a turtle before. I hear there are some of the mean snappy ones in the pond by our house though.

Nora

The Army of Four said...

What a cool friend! I've never met a turtle before - I'll bet I'd like them.
So ... about this hill issue ... are you saying there's more than one hill? Ha roo roo roo!
Play bows,
Zim

Millie and Walter said...

Thanks for sharing those cool turtles.

Cindy

Molly the Airedale said...

We met a woods turtle once and we see water turtles all the time because we have a pond in our yard. Mom and dad call the water turtle Painters. Turtles are cool!

Love ya lots,
Mitch and Molly

My Mind's Eye said...

Oh what cuties...thank goodness that was a wood turtle and not a snapping turtle your you might have had a little less nose. MOL
Mom loves turtles and is not sure she has ever seen one quite like this one
thanks for sharing
Hugs Madi your BFFF

Bella Roxy & Macdui said...

Great post guys. SHE had a walk down memory land as SHE remembers all the box turtles SHE found each summer.....15 at once in the sandbox at once was the record.

Of course, they were all set free after a few days.

XXXOOO Daisy, Bella & Roxy

Oskar said...

They look cool!

Nubbin wiggles,
Oskar

Bocci said...

Yes, we did enjoy visiting with your turtles!

Angel Gracie=^o.o^= said...

That is one nice looking turtle you got there. Those are the kind the mom here used to find as a kid and would keep as a pet then let them go in a pond in the fall so they could get ready for winter. Don't you think it is neat the way their little head and feet fold up into their house?

Dachshund Nola said...

I try to eat turtles. Those are cute!
Nola

Ruby said...

Oh man! I've never seen a turtles up close and personal! You guys are sooo lucky!
Too bad you couldn't brings him home...maybe next time.

Kisses,

Ruby

Ziggy Stardust said...

I think they are very pretty, but my Mommy says that her brother had turtle pets and that they stink. What does she know??

Loveys Sasha

Sankissjuice said...

I had turtles when I was in high school. This male one is really cute. Frank and Ernie seem to be so intrigued by it. Such gentle dogs.

Sankissjuice

marley said...

That's a turtelly excellent blog my pals....a turtle triumph!

Unknown said...

I don't think I have ever heard of the expression, "cool drool." before. Yeah, I really do need to get out more.