Animals

Looking Good

A big female spiny softshell turtle basking in the sun. With head lifted high, showing off the pretty blue color under her chin and throat. Some herpetologists speculate this blue color is attractive to the males.
Female Pallid Spiny Softshell (Apalone spinifera ssp. pallida)

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