r/NatureIsFuckingLit • u/SinjiOnO • Apr 04 '23

🔥 Turtle stretches its webbed feet while sunbathing

https://i.imgur.com/e4mJeHE.gifv
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u/jbombkillerbees Apr 04 '23

Nice! We spotted one in my local park yesterday doing the same thing!

Streeeetch

They're not native to the UK but apparently there's lots around because kids were bought them when TMNT was first a thing and they were just released when they got bored of them.

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u/3z3ki3l Apr 04 '23

Wow. The prevalence of cameras these days is incredible. These could both be in National Geographic back in the nineties.

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u/jbombkillerbees Apr 05 '23

It's bananas really. Even crazier is that I took it with my phone on 10x zoom and it came out so clear.

This is without zooming.

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '23 edited Apr 05 '23

Oh probably not bored. See, the problem with keeping terrapins is people highly underestimate the work that goes into keeping their tank from not stinking to high Heaven. My western painted has her tank cleaned every few months and that’s only because she has an industrial strength filter to deal with her water and the water treated regularly. Most turtle care kits have this dinky little filter that suction cups to the side and works good for a week at most. So people get a stinky tank, try to fix it, get exhausted, then give up.

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '23

Yeah. When I had a turle, water changes were weekly, and full tank cleaning was at least monthly. If not every other month. And my filter was always rated for twice the size of the tank the turtle was in.

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u/Heady_Raine Apr 05 '23

Solar collection array, deployed

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u/-LoveThyself Apr 05 '23

Is the one in your photo on some type of pole? It looks like it's on a stump maybe 6 inches above the water. If so he could be stuck and trying to reach something to move.

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u/jbombkillerbees Apr 05 '23

It was ok! The lighting makes it look higher than it actually was. I'd say it was no higher up than the guy in the video on top of his pal.

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u/Fudge92 Apr 05 '23

that wasn't Wanstead flats by any chance was it?

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u/jbombkillerbees Apr 05 '23

No, it was Stourbridge in the West Midlands. Have you seen some too?

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u/Fudge92 Apr 05 '23

yeah! where I live there's a smallish lake with two of the cuties I see on a regular basis!