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Old 05-16-2012, 07:19 AM
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A friend of mine is a biolagist in the SW LA area. They been catching Terripins on Rabbit Island in West Cove in Hoop Nets. I grew up in Hackberry and never knew these turtles lived in this area. I thought it was pretty cool and wanted to share the pictures with everyone.
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Old 05-16-2012, 07:28 AM
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Terrapins are cool little dudes man. Watched one of them come out of the marsh behind a beach on Rockefeller and high tail it to the gulf. Saw the same one come out of the gulf about a mile down the beach. Pretty cool.

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Old 05-16-2012, 07:30 AM
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That's cool!!! Never seen one down here
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Old 05-16-2012, 07:39 AM
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That's cool. Never seen one of those before.
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Old 05-16-2012, 07:46 AM
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They eat fiddler crabs and snails. They are a brackish water turtle. They caught these when we had a bunch of rain a few months ago.
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Old 05-16-2012, 07:48 AM
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pretty sweet lookin turtles!
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Old 05-16-2012, 08:15 AM
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My little girl is fascinated by turtles. She's on her second pet turtle since Easter. I'll have to show her this thread.


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Old 05-16-2012, 08:22 AM
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Make some nice boots!! Lol that's pretty cool
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Old 05-16-2012, 09:04 AM
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Odd lookin turtle. Dude got lips...
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Old 05-16-2012, 09:06 AM
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Odd lookin turtle. Dude got lips...

I know, those lips freak me out. Must be used to crush the shells on what they eat.
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Old 05-16-2012, 05:08 PM
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this is the advertisement that showed up when I clicked this thread
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Old 05-16-2012, 05:11 PM
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Cool looking turtles...thanks for sharing.
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Old 05-16-2012, 08:41 PM
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mick jagger turtles.....
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Old 05-17-2012, 11:17 AM
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cool pics thanks
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