Animals

Turtles Climb Trees

This slider caught my eye because she was busy climbing straight up a leaning tree trunk. I keep forgetting they can climb like that. I was curious how high she would go but she spotted me and simply dropped into the water. She was about 4 feet up here.
Female Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans)

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