It's official! Planning a wicked summer kick-off party for #WorldTurtleDay🐢😈! Who's joining? Better bring those pitchforks and shells! 😜 #FriYay #BeelzebubVibes #DevilishFun #BitBook

I missed #worldTurtleDay, sort of. I spent the day researching soft shelled turtles in shrine ponds, but didn't tell anyone here because...well...I was researching.

But if anyone has a spare copy of volume 18 of _Chéloniens_, do tell me!

so very happy to see that folks are spreading the word about #WorldTurtleDay.
❤️🐢

#turtles #EndangeredSpecies #ThreatenedSpecies

Happy #WorldTurtleDay

Did you know they are older than dinosaurs? They are one of the longest existing vertebrates! They are also are one of the more at risk vertebrates (habitat loss & climate change & illegal pet trade)? Now you do!

Happy #WorldTurtleDay

Did you know they are older than dinosaurs? They are one of the longest existing vertebrates! They are also are one of the more at risk vertebrates (habitat loss & climate change & illegal pet trade)? Now you do!

#WorldTurtleDay I was thrilled to spot this Northern Map Turtle, a species of concern, on the Shawanaga River Ontario Canada. These Northern Map Turtles, at the slightest hint of danger, slip in to the water. The Map Turtles are a freshwater turtle and the light markings resemble the contours of a map, hence the name.
Check it out here
https://www.pictorem.com/180682/Northern%20Map%20Turtle.html
#turtles #MapTurtle #reptile #animal #wild #wildlife #nature #WildlifePhotography #BuyIntoArt #MastoPhoto #wallart #interiordesign

Today is #WorldTurtleDay! Which turtle or tortoise #Pokemon is in your #TurtleClub?

Another for For #WorldTurtleDay on a #TurtleTuesday + #TwoForTuesday:

Albert Eckhout (Dutch, c.1610–1665)
Study of Two Brazilian Tortoises [species ID = Red-footed tortoise, Chelonoidis carbonarius]
1640
oil & paper on panel, 30.5 x 51 cm

"The animals are grunting threateningly at each other, as the males do during the breeding season. But Eckhout made the animals more exciting than they actually are – >>>tortoises do not in fact have teeth.<<<"

Mauritshuis: https://www.mauritshuis.nl/en/our-collection/artworks/957-study-of-two-brazilian-tortoises/

It’s #WorldTurtleDay, on a #TurtleTuesday + #TwoForTuesday!
19th c. turtle-shaped umbilical cord amulets at the Penn Museum: 1st one seen on display during a recent visit, 2nd one back in 2019…thought it looked different than I remembered it! 😉 (These charms are a #NativeAmerican Plains Culture Area tradition, usually #turtles for newborn girls & #lizards for boys.)
1. Assiniboine (Nakoda) culture, c. 1860
2. Likely Lakota (Sioux) culture, c. 1880

Attended a presentation about #SeaTurtles today, where the presenter talked about #LoggerheadSeaTurtles having big muscles but tiny brains in their skulls.

It was pointed out that they are good at crunching through hard-shelled invertebrates, but not good at doing taxes.

I chuckled.

(This was mentioned to note that they're not good at distinguishing jellyfish from plastic bags.)

#WorldTurtleDay #turtles #humor

It’s #WorldTurtleDay, on a #TurtleTuesday + #TwoForTuesday!
Check out this gorgeous pair of nearly 2000-year-old cast #gold repoussé #turtle earrings, probably from the Taxila region (in modern day Pakistan), 1st-2nd c. CE, 5.72 x 1.27 x .95 cm.
From the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) collection: https://collections.lacma.org/node/251482

For #WorldTurtleDay on a #TurtleTuesday + #TwoForTuesday: what does this unusual 18th c. English portrait from Philadelphia Museum of Art have in common with this early 20th c. Ottoman one from Pera Müzesi? More than you may think! 😉 Find out more on the blog: https://arthistoryanimalia.com/2023/05/23/animal-art-of-the-day-for-world-turtle-day-an-unusual-tortoise-portrait-from-18th-century-england-and-its-connection-to-ottoman-turkey/
1. Still Life With a Tortoise, 1743
possibly by Thomas Black (English, 1715-1777)
oil on canvas, 74.9 x 96.5 cm
2. The Tortoise Trainer, 1906
by Osman Hamdi Bey (Ottoman, 1842-1910)
oil on canvas, 221.5 × 120 cm

#Today is #WorldTurtleDay hooray!

We're honoring the #WorldTurtle A'Tuin, right?
#TheTurtleMoves #Discworld

https://discworld.fandom.com/wiki/Great_A%27Tuin

On #WorldTurtleDay, learn more about this turtle-inspired pneumatic soft #robot that can move around without electronics, powered only by a constant source of pressurized air. https://scim.ag/2Jc @SciRobotics #press

@𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘆𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘇𝗼𝗼
Wishing you a turtle-y awesome day. Happy #WorldTurtleDay https://t.co/4BwBQeas6A
∙ 𝙼𝚊𝚢 𝟸𝟹, 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟹 𝟹:𝟷𝟷𝙿𝙼 ∙

https://nitter.lacontrevoie.fr/marylandzoo/status/1661087591716798481

#zoo #animals #marylandzoo

@𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗭𝗼𝗼
It's #WorldTurtleDay! Meet the Smithsonian researchers who are working to save the wood turtle, one of the most endangered turtles in North America. https://t.co/740dYfnCSl
∙ 𝙼𝚊𝚢 𝟸𝟹, 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟹 𝟸:𝟸𝟽𝙿𝙼 ∙

https://nitter.lacontrevoie.fr/NationalZoo/status/1661076278986919936

#zoo #animals #NationalZoo

Happy #WorldTurtleDay

as part of #worldturtleday I absolutely recommend you to live a release turtle experience with absolutely respect and awareness, I've done it twice with my unforgettable sea turtles: "dante" and "andromeda". 🐢🐢🤗

#animals #turtles #seaturtles #conservation

Happy #WorldTurtleDay ! Professor Truffles is a tortoise, strictly speaking, but she’ll be getting a cherry tomato anyway to celebrate.

#worldturtleday https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRE9yHnQ/