Sentences with phrase «box turtles»

"Box turtles" refers to a type of turtle that has a special ability to totally close its shell like a box, providing it protection and safety from predators. Full definition
The argument that modern variation in eastern box turtles mirrors variation in fossil specimens of the same species does have some merit.
It is extremely important to bring this problem to the attention of a veterinarian familiar with box turtles.
I found a little box turtle on the road today, I stopped to help it across the street.
It can also be used to filter box turtle ponds.
Adult box turtles also come in a wide array of sizes with no direct link between size and age.
Unlike most slow and steady box turtles, she moves fast and fills the job description of sharing educational turtle trivia with children.
Juvenile box turtles are often much more aquatic than adults.
Most dogs will paw at box turtles and roll them around or carry them, but a few dogs will bite through the shell and kill the turtle.
«Some sites have shells that are not only bigger than modern eastern box turtles but also very different,» she said.
Wood frogs and a few other animals such as box turtles do exactly the opposite.
During «high season» for turtles — the warm months when they're not hibernating — the ranch is literally crawling with rescued box turtles in various stages of recovery from trauma, injury, or sickness.
She owns or has owned, rescued and rehabilitated a variety of animals including box turtles, water turtles, tortoises, snakes, baby squirrels, ferrets, rabbits, guinea pigs, pot belly pigs, chickens, goats, domestic mice & rats, horses and ponies — along with countless kittens and puppies over the years.
North American box turtles are one common species that seem to get them a lot, and many of the water turtles like sliders get them.
He has a degree in wildlife biology from the University of Massachusetts and has studied such diverse topics as whale strandings, harbor seal distribution around Cape Cod, and, most recently, the home ranges of box turtles.
Not that water turtles and box turtles don't have their fans, but both of these subsets have implicit issues that make them difficult pets.
Modern eastern box turtles display a dizzying amount of variation.
If given the opportunity, most wild box turtles will attempt to hibernate, depending on the subspecies and its native locale.
«Just like we'd expect from evolution, there is a gradient of variation that carries through to modern box turtles.
Dystocia or egg binding happens when the female box turtle is unable to pass her eggs.
Since most box turtles that carry Salmonella are not ill, they usually require no treatment (treatment is often unsuccessful in killing the bacteria anyway).
Bronze and golden box turtles lurk in the shade and by the water.
One long - term study of three - toed box turtles in Missouri found that the animals were still reproducing well into their 70s.
«There is lost variation in the eastern box turtle record.
To make sure she was «comparing apples to apples,» Vitek only analyzed the shape of eastern box turtle shells, which preserve well and are common in the fossil record.
The research has homed in on everything from highly mobile mammals like black bears to slow - moving reptiles like box turtles.
by Walter Chaw There's a shopping mall in Colorado called «Colorado Mills» that bubbles with the kind of nameless existential dread generally reserved for terrariums and introspective box turtles.
The Christmas - themed island is a partially - developed paradise full of slow - moving box turtles and fragrant lemon groves, waving cabbage palms and juicy pineapple oranges.
Petey and Sweetie are the only fulltime turtle residents of the ranch — box turtles representing two different subspecies of turtles.
The Mediterranean tortoise offers turtle lovers a variety of fascinating alternatives to the beloved box turtle.
Tracy teams with Welch for special needs turtle rehab and he often sends injured box turtles to her for long - term care.
Her pets include an English pointer named Bailey, a Golden Retriever named Abby, Lab mix named Sadie, box turtle named Mrs. T, and a Leopard Gecko named Clint Eastwood.
Box turtles drown in deep water, such as a swimming pool.
A gravid box turtle with dystocia is anorexic and rapidly becomes sick, lethargic or unresponsive.
They are also the owners of 3 Sulcata tortoises Maverick, Goose and Daisy and 2 box turtles M.R.I and Tim.
Growing up we had cats, dogs, green iguanas, garter snakes, hermit crabs, mice, rats, hamsters, hedgehogs, ferrets, a guinea pig, a rosy boa, a rabbit, budgies, a cockatiel, an Australian tree frog, an alligator lizard, a crawdad, many fish, axolotls, a gopher snake, Western box turtles, Eastern red eared sliders, a soft shell turtle, Pacific tree frogs, ducks and chickens.
Discourage children and pets from playing with or harassing box turtles.
This, in turn, provides rare Ornate box turtles, regal fritillary butterflies, grasshopper sparrows, and other species the essential habitat they need to survive.
Measuring 48» x 30» x 12», the Tortoise Palace is ideal for smaller species including Russian and Greek Tortoises as well as Box Turtles.
Recently, to keep things fresh for volunteers and visitors, the schedule was shuffled, and now aquatic animals are fed on Monday, fish on Tuesday, Blanding's turtles on Wednesday, water snakes on Thursday, box turtles on Friday, and endangered turtles on Saturday.
Other types of turtles, including box turtles, wood turtles and sea turtles — as well as tortoises — are thought to live longer.
I have very strong personal opinions on animals as diverse as ball pythons, Russian tortoises, Jackson's chameleons, North American box turtles and hermit crabs.
Eastern box turtles display a dizzying amount of variation, both in modern and fossil specimens.
Some of her favorite research experiences involved using a team of turtle search dogs to locate wild box turtles, and studying migratory birds to explore their role in the spread of Lyme disease.
In more recent years, Mark has been involved in an ongoing study of population genetics with box turtles, in collaboration with scientists at Princeton University, and has worked with the Princeton Neuroscience Institute to guide his students through the process of peer review for the online neuroscience journal Frontiers for Young Minds.
The turtles included North American varieties such as eastern box turtles, red - eared sliders and diamondback terrapins — some of which sell for $ 800 each
Last summer, Tracy treated and released dozens of box turtles.
The Eastern Box turtle is native to North America where it is found in open woodland and meadow edges and sometimes near pond and lake edges.
The Nature Museum has one male and two female Eastern Box turtles all of which are in their mid to late twenties.
«Theme of the Month» Programs: Each month, Moose Hill offers a specific topic within a more general theme (i.e. a box turtle progam during reptile month).
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