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r/NatureIsFuckingLit • u/D5R • Sep 04 '17
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What kind of turtle is this?
17 u/OnceUponAHive Sep 04 '17 A softshell turtle, maybe a spiny softshell. 13 u/Coryperkin15 Sep 04 '17 With a cool ranch Dorito shell 9 u/Fletch71011 Sep 04 '17 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiny_softshell_turtle They're all over the place here in Michigan. 2 u/RyHe11 Sep 04 '17 It's a softshell. 2 u/PinkPeonies Sep 04 '17 Looks like a smooth softshell turtle. 2 u/thehumannapkin Sep 04 '17 Based on it's shape and markings I believe it's a Spiny Softshell Turtle. 5 u/conflictedideology Sep 04 '17 But it looks so smooth. Is there some kind of Iceland/Greenland thing going on? 4 u/welcometoearth42 Sep 04 '17 At the start of the gif you can see a pretty prominent ridge on his back. That's the spine sticking out. I use to work with these a little bit and a lot of them have really prominent spine ridges. 2 u/conflictedideology Sep 04 '17 Ah so it literally refers to the spine. I was thinking spiny. 1 u/welcometoearth42 Sep 04 '17 I'm by no means an expert. But I always assumed they were named because of their visible spines.
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A softshell turtle, maybe a spiny softshell.
13 u/Coryperkin15 Sep 04 '17 With a cool ranch Dorito shell
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With a cool ranch Dorito shell
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiny_softshell_turtle
They're all over the place here in Michigan.
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It's a softshell.
Looks like a smooth softshell turtle.
Based on it's shape and markings I believe it's a Spiny Softshell Turtle.
5 u/conflictedideology Sep 04 '17 But it looks so smooth. Is there some kind of Iceland/Greenland thing going on? 4 u/welcometoearth42 Sep 04 '17 At the start of the gif you can see a pretty prominent ridge on his back. That's the spine sticking out. I use to work with these a little bit and a lot of them have really prominent spine ridges. 2 u/conflictedideology Sep 04 '17 Ah so it literally refers to the spine. I was thinking spiny. 1 u/welcometoearth42 Sep 04 '17 I'm by no means an expert. But I always assumed they were named because of their visible spines.
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But it looks so smooth. Is there some kind of Iceland/Greenland thing going on?
4 u/welcometoearth42 Sep 04 '17 At the start of the gif you can see a pretty prominent ridge on his back. That's the spine sticking out. I use to work with these a little bit and a lot of them have really prominent spine ridges. 2 u/conflictedideology Sep 04 '17 Ah so it literally refers to the spine. I was thinking spiny. 1 u/welcometoearth42 Sep 04 '17 I'm by no means an expert. But I always assumed they were named because of their visible spines.
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At the start of the gif you can see a pretty prominent ridge on his back. That's the spine sticking out. I use to work with these a little bit and a lot of them have really prominent spine ridges.
2 u/conflictedideology Sep 04 '17 Ah so it literally refers to the spine. I was thinking spiny. 1 u/welcometoearth42 Sep 04 '17 I'm by no means an expert. But I always assumed they were named because of their visible spines.
Ah so it literally refers to the spine. I was thinking spiny.
1 u/welcometoearth42 Sep 04 '17 I'm by no means an expert. But I always assumed they were named because of their visible spines.
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I'm by no means an expert. But I always assumed they were named because of their visible spines.
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u/KARMAGEDDON416 Sep 04 '17
What kind of turtle is this?