#alligator snapping turtle

[ruija]

April encounters some strange turtles.

Everyday I think about how cute irl turtles are and yearn to hug them. I'm coping by drawing April doing it instead.

[marinememes]

I got a halarious review of my Aquarium today and I need people to see this shit so bad

Okay, we all read that? Good. You’re probably wondering why the fuck someone would question whether or not we have a turtle at the aquarium that’s real. It’s because he’s a 98 year old lazy Alligator Snapping Turtle. He can hold his breath for almost an hour. The old man is not active, and he shows us no interest in being active.

Behold! The “fake” “plastic” turtle in question!!!!

But seriously, if you are ever at a Zoo or an Aquarium and have questions about the animals or their welfare, you can always ask any of the staff and they are always happy to help educate you. Do not assume you know the whole story.

[kaijutegu]

Met some REALLY cool friends at last night's CHS meeting. Seriously, if you're in Chicagoland and want to hang out with reptiles, come to our meetings. They're free! They're open to the public! And you are guaranteed to get to meet something cool! Look up the Chicago Herpetological Society on Facebook/insta, our website is broken as hell right now.

[ashen-vulture]

WELCOME TO THE SCAVENGER'S POTLUCK!

[pacificremains]

Enormous alligator snapping turtle skull. Hold gently, like hamburger

[thedrawinggizzard]

HAPPY TURTLE DAY EVERYONE!

Here is a little tribute to all things turtley, featuring a certain turtle-loving makanae :3

Anyway excuse me as I nerd out for abit:

The turtles (order Testudines) are a group of reptiles instantly recognisable thanks to their bowed legs, slow movements and, most striking of all, their shells. This unique structure, formed from the ribs and a few other bones, offers amazing protection against predators, even allowing the vulnerable head and neck to be retracted inside in the vast majority of species. Turtles proper evolved in the late Jurassic, and have since become extremely successful, found on every continent except Antarctica and coming in a wide variety of forms, including terrestrial herbivores, semi-aquatic omnivores, freshwater ambush-hunters and marine wanderers. However, the greater group that the turtles belong to, the Pantestudines, had their start in the Triassic (possibly even earlier, as a Permian reptile called Eunotosaurus is sometimes considered to be a turtle relative, but whether it actually is is unclear). Most of these animals would have looked very similar to modern turtles, differing only in a few minor anotomical traits, but the earliest forms would have more resembled lizards. Even so, these proto turtles already had the beginnings of a shell, in the form of their expanded ribs.

This was the perfect excuse to combine my two great passions: the natural world and cartoon characters.

[robodino93]

The Ninja Turtles (ft. Master Splinter)

Here's my new and improved base design for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. I based them directly off the species that they are in the Rottmnt show, but with their species having a more direct influence on their design. I might improve on these designs later, but until then, hope you enjoy!

And here's my composite design for Master Splinter, with a shading-less alt. I hope you enjoy these designs.

And here's alts of the Turtles with their shading and the timelapse video.

[possumcollege]

I saw this delightful snapping turtle burying her eggs at a campground this weekend. They're good dogs.