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Screaming Turtle! Or maybe it's laughing? Juvenile loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta). (West Palm Beach, Florida) This was a turtle that was rescued by researchers after not making it out of its nest. After being raised for a bit in captivity, we released them into the wild. This was its first moment in the ocean. Taken with Canon D60, Sea & Sea housing, 2 x Ikelite DS-125 strobes. See this shot at the Smithsonian's Museum of Natural History here…

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Franklin Turtle is the oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Turtle and big brother of Harriet Turtle. Unlike his other friends, he is not named for the animal that he represents, although it is used in his surname. And he is the one of the few in Woodland to have parents who are not siblings but of different families (along with Bear, Beaver, Goose and Rabbit) while most have sibling parents. Franklin is shown to be a kind and caring person, But sometimes can be a little forgetful and somewhat…

Crush is a sea turtle and a major character in Disney•Pixar's 2003 animated film Finding Nemo and its 2016 sequel. When it comes to traveling the ocean's currents, no one has as much fun as Crush. The 150-year-old sea turtle is young at heart with a laid-back surfer dude attitude that lets him go with the flow. But Crush is no drifter; he loves nothing more than the thrill of riding the rollicking East Australian Current (EAC) with his offspring. When Crush encounters Marlin and Dory, he's…

If you keep pet turtles, it's nice to know if you've got boys or girls. However, unlike many mammals, turtles have no external genitalia. This makes determining their sex much more difficult, but it's not impossible. The differences...