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River Cooter courtship. He kept swimming circles around her waving his toenails in her face. She seemed to be ignoring him but he was persistent. Finally they both sank into the murky water and I didn't see anything else. He may have been successful since they mate underwater on the substrate.
River Cooter (Pseudemys concinna)
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