If you’re thinking about owning a pet but don’t feel like getting a dog or a cat, some people might say that one of the best options is getting a turtle. A lot can depend on an individual, but some people find these creatures to be perfect pets as they live longer and they don’t require as much energy as, for example, dogs. It might seem that turtles are a rare choice when it comes to picking a pet, but here are some moments when people online decided to share their adorable pet turtles or pictures that capture how amazing they truly are. Which one of these is your favorite? Don’t forget to leave your thoughts in the comments down below!
#1 I Found My Tortoise Like This. Putting The Clues Together, It Seems He Pooped, Got It Stuck On His Foot, Ran In Circles Trying To Get It Off, And Flipped Over
Image credits: Pigglepoo
#2 Baby Snapping Turtles Look Just Like Little Dinosaurs
Image credits: Brick_in_the_dbol
Very often we might hear two names that refer to turtles. These are turtle and tortoise. What is the difference between these two creatures? The main difference is that turtles mainly live in water and only appear on land occasionally, while tortoises live only on land. They also differ in their appearance: while turtles are flat and light, tortoises are found to be thicker and heavier. It is known that turtles live from 20 to 40 years while tortoises live longer: from 60 to 80 years.
#3 Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin’s 16-Year-Old Son Robert Shared An Adorable Selfie With A Tortoise Named Igloo
Image credits: RobertIrwin
#4 They Are Often Seen Following Each Other Around, Sharing Meals And Resting Together. We Hope This Unusual Friendship Continues To Flourish
Image credits: Wildlife Friends Foundation Thailand
#5 Welcome To The World Baby Razorback
Image credits: 42acorns
It might seem that turtles are easier to take care of than other pets that need to be watched all the time, taken outside at least twice a day, and in need of special foods or vitamins. These creatures also require special care. One of the main reasons why it is important to think before getting a turtle as a pet is that it carries salmonella bacteria that can be transmitted to people.
#6 I Crocheted Our Tortoise A Tank Sweater. She Is Now Frank The Tank
Image credits: WYOmomming
#7 What Do These Two Do On Another Cold Day? Snuggle Under The Heat Lamp Of Course
Image credits: franklinthetortoisee
#8 Baby Tortoises Are God-Like On The Cuteness Scale!!!
Image credits: Dummy_Thicc_Shadow
For turtles to grow and be happy with the place they are in, they need the right lighting and temperature, as well as filtered water. Having in mind how long turtles live, people should really think before getting one. And even if the responsibility does not scare you, it is recommended to get a turtle from an animal shelter.
#9 This Turtle Who Loves Getting His Little Tummy Brushed
Image credits: ShopandGuide
#10 Volunteers Form A Human Wall To Guide Baby Turtles To The Sea
On the first day of July at 4pm, just 52 days after laying, 112 loggerhead sea turtle hatchlings began to climb to the top of their nest in the sand. STCB had Beachkeepers watching closely, as this nest is at risk from the airport lights which can disorientate hatchlings.
When several mini heads appeared above the sand STCB shaded the nest to prevent the hatchlings dehydrating in the hot sand. We then waited until the sun was going down and hatching took place. Here are the images from hatching. Thank you to all the volunteers who formed a human wall to allow the small loggerheads to make their way to the sea in safety.
Image credits: Sea Turtle Conservation Bonaire
#11 Neighbor's Tortoise Escaped And Walked Almost A Street Away. At Around 250 Pounds, This Was Their Solution To Get Her Home
Image credits: sweetsugr25
Sometimes people come to the realization that they won’t be able to take care of their pet and the best way to act in this case is to contact an animal shelter or animal rescue group. It is forbidden to let them loose thinking that they will be able to take care of themselves back in the wild. This is not allowed as turtles carry diseases and can affect other turtles. Also, very often, letting a turtle out into the wild means that they are not going to make it on their own.
#12 This Fellow Came To Me On The Beach Today
Image credits: Delosisland
#13 Jennifer Slopez Is Forever Determined To Go Downstairs. Had To Put These Gates For Safety. She Does Not Respond To Verbal Commands Like: Turtle! No
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#14 That Wasn't Expected
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#15 My Grandfather Built A Floating Dock For Turtles In The Lake By Their House, And The Turtles Love It
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#16 He Do Be Gamin Doe
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#17 Baby Turtle Thinks It's Skydiving
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#18 We Were Able To Release 170 Hatchlings Today In One Of Our Locations
It is always a calming and satisfying feeling releasing the hatchlings back to where they eggs were laid. All that hard work in the beating sun, watching the females trek through the summer heat, flies, dangerous traffic, predators, and human encroachment... all for the sake of these hatchlings to make it back to the water.
Image credits: terrapinconservationinitiative
#19 Hiding
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#20 Fernandina Tortoise, Are Extinct Since 1906, Discovered In An Expedition. She Was Hiding In The Brush Of A Volcano, And Identified By The Look Of Her Shell And Face
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#21 This Baby Turtle Floating Around On A Slice Of Bread
Image credits: Thunderbirds7
#22 My Tortoise Likes To Spread His Legs While Eating
Image credits: BeanJuice9000
#23 Franklin Met A New Friend Today
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#24 Not Sure If You Think Turtles Are Cute But Squirtle Wanted To Say Hi
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#25 Happiness Is A Turtle Eating A Slice Of Orange
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#26 Harvey's 13th Birthday
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#27 Dad: If We Get A Tortoise I'm Not Looking After It. Also Dad: Get Comfy, Hector, And Let Me Show You Pictures Of Your Brethren
Image credits: MadAL96
#28 Gotta Warm Up That Bum, Honestly Could She Get Any Cuter??
Image credits: ChampAnne
#29 I'm Training My 30+ Yrs Old Turtle To Be My Flower Girl At The Wedding. This Will Not End Well
Image credits: bobie_corwen
#30 Well This Is A First. Couldn’t Find Our Little Man Anywhere, Then We Saw Ralph Basking With Our Two Tortoises
Image credits: feelerfeels
#31 Ever Seen A Bucket Of Baby Sea Turtles? Got To Release Them Last Night Into The Ocean
Image credits: Redandbluemakepurple
#32 Extremely Rare Albino Turtle Was Found In India And It Looks Like A Slice Of Melted Cheese
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#33 My Dad Keeps Turtles. I Started The Training. Soon I'll Have My Own Personal Bodyguards
Image credits: Mr_Summerbird
#34 The Face Of A 100 Year Old Turtle
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#35 Watching My Girlfriend's Tortoise While She's On Vacation. She Told Me To Keep Him Out Of Trouble
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#36 In Creed 2 With My Original Buddies From The First Rocky ... Cuff And Link , Now About 46 Years Old
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#37 The Happiest Turtle Ever
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#38 My Local Hardware Store Has A Pet Turtle That Wanders The Store Early In The Am
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#39 Turtle On Top A Dog's Head
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#40 This Is Fred. Fred Is 21 Years Old And Lives At Petland In Orlando Florida
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#41 Franklin Wants To Know If This Is Going To Be A Regular Thing. Noodle Says Probably
Image credits: franklinthetortoisee
#42 Guy In Tokyo Taking His Pet Tortoise For A Walk
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#43 My Tortoise Trying To Eat A Bolt
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#44 Bonnie And Clyde Are Two Very Different Turtles In The Morning
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#45 Turtles Can Be Cute, Too
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#46 Tortoises Are Good Cuddle Partners Aswell
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#47 Took My Tortoise On A Bike Ride Today And Blew His Tiny Little Mind
Image credits: imgur.com
#48 Artist Crochets Adorable Tortoise Cozies
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#49 Olive The Turtle
Rest In Peace My Loving Turtle. After 15 Years Of Loving You, Saving You From The Street, Old Age Took Hold. Goodbye, Olive.
Image credits: TheOneNamedZoe
#50 A Baby Turtle Tucked Away In Its Shell
#51 Baby Turtle Hiding Behind Val
Image credits: LordOfTheSalt
#52 Boys Can Rock A Flower Crown On The Beach Too
Image credits: cityturtles
#53 Friendship Goals
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#54 My 1 Day Old Tortoise Caught Mid-Yawn
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#55 My Uncle's 56 Year Old Tortoise He Inherited From My Grandparents
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#56 My Tortoise Going On His Daily Prowl
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#57 My 8 Year Old Tortoise Just Woke Up From Hibernation. First Meal Of 2019
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#58 Gorgeous Baby Turtle With Bright Orange Tummy And Shell
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#59 Tucker The Turtle Eating A Juicy Strawberry Turtles May Not Be A Cat Or Dog But He Is Amazing And Cute To Me
Image credits: Jurgen_von_shmurgen
#60 I Hope I’m Not The Only One Who Finds This Little Snapping Turtle We Found In Our Neighbours Garden Today Cute As All Hell?
Image credits: RiverLover27
#61 Me When I'm In Exams Period
#62 I Got A Baby Sulcata Tortoise Today
Image credits: RYANTOE
#63 This Is My Turtle, Aura. Besides All Looks, She Is Not A Hatchling, I’ve Had Her For 2 Years
Image credits: AuraTheMicroTurtle
#64 My Baby Turtle, Opie
Image credits: Rhi093
#65 Have You Got Any Games On Your Phone?
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#66 Turtles Have Exceptional Color Vision. They See More Shades Of Red, Which Might Be Why This One’s Mistaking A Blue Jean For A Blueberry
Image credits: CaroltrNelson
#67 Adorable Turtle
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#68 Someone Has To Protecc Turtles
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#69 Pup Just Met His First Box Turtle, That’s Adorable
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#70 Super Funny Turtle
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#71 Stumbled Across This Little Guy Walking Across My Lawn
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#72 My Turtle Doin My Taxes For Me
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#73 Stormageddon: Dark Lord Of All, The African Side-Neck Turtle
This is Stormageddon: Dark Lord of All. She’s an African Side-neck Turtle! I rescued her about 16 months ago from really bad living conditions. She was two years old when I got her, and she didn’t know how to swim, didn’t know how to use her swim bladder, didn’t have an appetite for close to 3 months! We had a few trips to the vet, a near drowning that left me sleeping by her tank the whole night to keep an eye on her till morning, different vitamin injections, and a good ol dose of extra warm water in her tank ❤️ And about 4 months after adopting her, she’s ravenous when she eats, she swims like a champ (although the guppies in her tank still regularly out swim her), she’s SO energetic and playful in the water. She doesn’t like being outside of the water and is very nervous outside of it (which is one of the nuts things because where she was living for 2 years before me was in 2 inches of dirty water in a 10 gal tank ?). Her previous owners claimed she just didn’t like swimming that much! She’s definitely a water baby. Anyway, I’m so extremely proud of her and how far she’s come, and she’s so sweet and so beautiful I really just wanted to share a little bit about her and show everyone this picture that I hope puts a smile on your faces! ENJOY! ?
Image credits: ChampAnne
#74 I Made A Turtle Stack While She Was Out For A Walk
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#75 Food Service Has Been Good Lately! Keep It Up My Servant Lady!
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#76 Found A Baby Snapping Turtle Walking Across My Driveway
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#77 This Tiny Fellow Is The First Offspring For Some Critically Endangered Spider Tortoises From Madagascar. His Genetics Are Important, And He Is So Cute!
Image credits: MalsPrettyBonnet
#78 This Is My Turtle. Thought I’d Show You Guys This Cute Picture
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#79 I Get To Work With Some Pretty Cute Box Turtles
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#80 Happy To Be Born
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#81 Yummy
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#82 Meet My Friends Turtle, Squirt
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#83 Found A Picture Of My Old Turtle... Forgot How Cute He Was
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#84 Pocket Turtle
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#85 This Turtle Is Sitting Like A Dog
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#86 I Just Learned That A Group Of Turtles Can Be Referred To As A Bale... So Here's A Bale Of Baby Albino Turtles
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#87 Today I Released Baby Sea Turtles On Sumba Island. Thought This Pic Was Epic
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#88 Found A Baby Snapping Turtle At The Park Today
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#89 Move Over Baby Yoda... Pink Turtle Has Arrived
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#90 27 Little Baby Turtles
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#91 My Cute Red-Footed Tortoise Dixie Acting Like Bulbasaur
Image credits: Captain--Koala
#92 What An African Helmeted Turtle Looks Like
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#93 Cute Grape With A Turtle For Scale
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#94 My Turtle Sometimes Dips A Foot In The Water When Basking, So Cute!
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#95 Fact: This Little Guy (Or Girl) Is Adorable
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#96 Well Hello There Guys
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#97 My Grandma Didn’t Want Me To Get A Tortoise. I Come Home And My Tortise Is Wearing A Watermelon Sweater
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#98 Researchers Estimate One In Every 100,000 Turtle Hatchlings Is Albino. Here You Have Two Siblings
Image credits: skiradev
#99 If Your Presents Arrived Late, It’s Because Santa’s Helpers Are A Little Slower Than Normal
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#100 Cute Leopard Tortoise
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#101 The Size Difference Between A Full Grown And A Newborn Galapagos Tortoise
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#102 Yes, I Still Sleep With My Teddy Bear. Don’t Judge Me
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#103 Going For A Walk
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#104 Beware Of The Tortoise
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#105 Chin Scritches Please
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#106 My Russian Gaming Tortoise
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#107 My Friends Tortoise With His Cardigan On
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#108 I Watched An Eastern Painted Turtle Dig A Nest And Lay 5 Eggs By My Apartment
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#109 My Turtle Turned A Year Old Today
Image credits: Sketch2005
#110 Tiny Turtle (Coin For Scale)
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#111 Albino Leatherback Sea Turtle Baby
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#112 This Teeny Tiny Baby Turtle
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#113 I Found A Tiny Baby Turtle Today. Best Day Ever
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#114 Three Months Ago I Watched A Painted Turtle Dig A Nest And Lay 6 Eggs Near My Apartment. All 6 Baby Turtles Are Healthy And Ready To Go To The Pond
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#115 This Happy Looking Turtle Visits On Occassion. Gave It A Grape For Being So Cute. Calling It Danklin For Now
Image credits: TacksForSnacks910
#116 If I Could Just
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#117 Diamond Back Terrapin Baby Turtle
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#118 Hello Baby Turtle, Are You Hungry?
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#119 Baby Herman’s Tortoise
Image credits: missladylay
#120 Family Of Tortoises Enjoying Breakfast
Image credits: MooMooCow789
#121 Meet Jonathan. The 187-Year-Old Tortoise Photographed In 1886 And Today
Image credits: chickflickclips
#122 I Work At A Zoo, And Today A 500lb Tortoise Tried To Escape
Image credits: LightofAvalon
#123 I Know It's Not A Kitten... But... Aww
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#124 Somehow My New Turtle Climbed The Mountain In His Aquarium
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#125 Baby Painted Turtle I Found
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#126 We Monitor Sea Turtle Nests For The State And Sometimes We Find Baby Sea Turtles That Didn't Escape The Nests. We Release Them To Give Them Another Shot At Life
Image credits: emmzilly
#127 Grumpy Looking Little Fella
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#128 I Hear You Like Cute Things. Here's Our Baby Sulcata Tortoise, Koopa
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#129 My Dad Found This Box Turtle Nine Years Ago And Let It Loose In His Yard. He Pops Up Again Every Year In The Spring. Fresh From Hibernation
Image credits: Business-is-Boomin
#130 A Very Rare Blue Eyed Box Turtle
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#131 Turtle Pog
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#132 Found A Baby Turtle At Work Today
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#133 Went Hiking A While Ago And Found A Baby Turtle In The Middle Of The Path. It Was So Small I Almost Missed It (Fingers For Scale)
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#134 Baby Turtles Are Literally The Cutest Thing Ever
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#135 Baby It's Cold Outside
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#136 We All Got Lessons To Learn
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#137 Yawning Little Baby
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#138 What You Got In There?
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#139 A Moss Covered Turtle Shell
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#140 Waddup
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#141 Snug As A Bug In A Rug
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#142 I Made A Paper Hat For My Turtle
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#143 Scrub A Dub Dub It's A Tortoise In A Tub
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#144 These Baby Turtles Just Hatched In My Yard!
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#145 Four Years Ago, My Wife Rescued A Baby Snapping Turtle From A Busy Street. Snap Has Became Our Really Sweet Pet. The Top Pic Is From Day One, And The Bottom Is Her Last Fall!
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#146 In Isolation But We're Together, And That's All That Matters Right Now. My Daughter Wanted To Show Off Her New Baby Turtle She Found In Our Yard
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#147 Tortoise Christmas Sweater. Because My Son Was Upset My Daughter's Kitten Has 2 Sweaters While His Tortoise Had None
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#148 Turtles Can Be Cute Too Right?
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#149 Are Turtles Cute? Meet Frodo
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#150 Just Got This Turtle For My Birthday, He Looks Soo Cute
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#151 The African Helmeted Turtle, Also Known Commonly As The Marsh Terrapin, The Crocodile Turtle, Or In The Pet Trade As The African Side-Necked Turtle
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#152 Someone On Dressed Their Turtle Up Like Blastoise
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#153 Simply Adorable
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#154 Excuse Me, There Seems To Be A Mistake. I Believe I Ordered The *small* Cappuccino. Look At The Size Of This Thing
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#155 A Hand Full Of Turtles
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#156 What?? Call Mommy Is She Gonna Feed Me Or Not Huh?
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#157 World, Meet “Turbo”. She’s 30+, Very Grumpy And Pees On Anyone Who Looks At Her Wrong. I Love Her
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#158 Is My Turtle Cool Looking?
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#159 My Pet Tortoise Smiled At Me
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#160 My Dad Built An Outdoor House With A Window For His Tortoise
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#161 McCord's Snakeneck Turtle
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#162 Found A Little Softshell Turtle At The Lake Today
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#163 Cute Little Leopard Tortoise Moved From A Busy Street It Was Crossing To A More Suitable Environment
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#164 My Cute Baby Sulcata Tortoise Sleeping With Its Itty Bitty Feet Outstretched
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#165 Well, Here Is A Grumpy, Baby Box Turtle I Found
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#166 Not Your Cat Or Dog But Just As Cute! Pandas Meet Timmy Bob The Turtle
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#167 Got A Pink Bellied Turtle To Accompany My Common Musk A Couple Days Ago. First Time I See Them Together
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#168 Look At Him Go! *waving Back*
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#169 The Burmese Star Tortoise Is One Of The Few Animals That Have Comeback From Being Called Functionally Extinct
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#170 An Orange Turtle Found In The Vietnamese Jungle
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#171 The Very First Hatchling (For Any Species Here) Of 2022 Has Entered The World
This little Burmese star tortoise (Geochelone platynota) made its big debut this morning and is looking incredible, ready to take on life. It is the only baby to hatch from a clutch of eggs that were otherwise infertile. What an absolutely immaculate animal.
Image credits: garden_state_tortoise
#172 Spotted This Baby Turtle Near Campus
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#173 Baby Sea Turtle's First Swim As It Just Hatched On This Populated Beach In Miami
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#174 Majestic Baby Loggerhead Turtle
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#175 The Burmese Star Tortoise, Named For Its Star Patterned Shell, Is Returning From Near Extinction
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#176 Merry Christmas
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#177 Cute Turtle Sleeping
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#178 I'm A 40 Y/O Man And I've Had My Pet Turtle Since I Was 11. This Is Slider
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#179 Happy 4th Of July
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#180 Bojack My 44 Year Old Rescue Horsefield Says Good Morning
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#181 This Is Thomas, He Is Last Male Of His Species. He Is 160+ Years Old. He Has Been In My Family For A Few Generations And We've Protected, Cared For Him All This Time
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#182 Small Turtle
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#183 One Of My Endangered Blanding's Turtles Emydoidea Blandingii Taking Her First Breath In My Fingers
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