Ancestors

Toot

Written by Lisa 🦔 on 2025-01-18 at 16:29

Remember flat-face? One of my resident pond turtles with the unusual shell? Well, it’s a she-turt, and she’s digging out an egg nest! I’ll post video if the camera I set up doesn’t run out of battery 😅

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Descendants

Written by Lisa 🦔 on 2025-01-18 at 17:23

She is at least 10 years old, it takes them that long to reach reproductive age.

They will also sometimes dig a couple of decoy nests near the real one and leave only one or two eggs in it, hoping that the predator will think they’ve gotten everything in the decoy and leaving the real nest alone.

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Written by Lisa 🦔 on 2025-01-18 at 17:35

This nest should hatch in about 90 days, but I’m also kinda scratching my head because these friendos don’t usually start nesting until it gets a bit warmer, so… time will tell.

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Written by handmade ghost on 2025-01-18 at 16:31

@mycrowgirl Squee!!

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Written by The Witch of Crow Briar on 2025-01-18 at 16:41

@handmade_ghost @mycrowgirl Turtle, posting to pond.social: “Remember pointy-face, that weird human that makes high-pitched noises whenever they see me? Now they’re filming me, the cheek!” 😂

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Written by Lisa 🦔 on 2025-01-18 at 16:43

@crowbriarhexe 😂 I’m furtively hiding behind a curtain and everything.

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Written by handmade ghost on 2025-01-18 at 16:48

@mycrowgirl @crowbriarhexe 😂

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Written by laen on 2025-01-18 at 17:17

@mycrowgirl ooh i hope things go very well for her. also, i love the alt text description of her shell 😂

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Written by Lisa 🦔 on 2025-01-18 at 17:58

OK, I think she’s transitioning to covering mode!

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Written by Lisa 🦔 on 2025-01-18 at 18:09

Mission: accomplished.

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Written by Lisa 🦔 on 2025-01-18 at 18:50

Exit stage left, pursued by turtle. https://youtu.be/-GaFJeCaOy8 #Herpstodon

(Forgive the YouTube link, trying not to blow up our server with big files.)

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Written by a pair of glumes on 2025-01-18 at 18:56

@mycrowgirl this would fit well on https://lone.earth/ if you're looking for a YT alternative

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Written by laen on 2025-01-18 at 20:56

@mycrowgirl cuuuuuute

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Written by Lydia Schoch on 2025-01-18 at 22:51

@mycrowgirl @RamenCatholic #TurtlesofMastodon would love this turtle!

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