6.23.2010

I Spy!

I spy the mama turtle! Do you see her? She does an excellent imitation of a rock.


Here she is!
The mother turtle has left her little clutch of eggs already, like all other painted turtles before her. I guess the Human Bean and I will be on our own raising the babies! Yesterday, I had my human bean do some research on painted turtle babies. According to Wikipedia Encyclopedia, it takes 72-80 days for the turtle eggs to hatch! The earliest would be around August 31st. I hope it will be worth the wait!

11 comments:

  1. wowee, that is a verreh long time to wait.

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  2. Awwwww, that's So exciting!

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  3. We saw her! It must be funny to see the rocks start walking.

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  4. Cool. You're gonna be a Turtle Bebeh Mom.

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  5. *squee* baby turtles! pikhs pikhs pikhs!!

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  6. Wow, Mama Turtle sure knows how to hide well= she's hanging out in the purrfect spot to go unnoticed!...We can't wait to see the babies!...kisses x3 sweet friend...Calle, Halle, Sukki

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  7. We saw her right away! But we've never seen baby turtles before!

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  8. Oh so exciting! We don't have any turtles around here that I have seen - mom says there are sometimes frogs but never turtles. We know you and your bean will be great at taking care of them!!

    Smooches!

    Virgil

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  9. oooh cool bonkbonk baby turdles.
    Are there any other predators that might eat the eggs?
    This could be a very interesting summer project!

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I love comments as much as turkey! Almost. But very close.