We found this Ornate Box Turtle crossing our driveway on Tuesday. It wasn't in too big of a hurry, so I got out and scooped it up in a box so that the kids could all take a closer look at it and watch it crawl around for awhile before we let it go again. After scooping it into the box I took a closer look and discovered it had a pretty severely cracked shell. It appeared to be an old wound and the turtle moved around normally with the crack in its shell, but I am not a turtle expert, so who really knows...?
The girls kept running out into our backyard all afternoon to check on the turtle. They wanted to catch it crawling around, but if it saw them coming it would quickly tuck back inside its shell. When Eric got home that evening they each took a turn picking it up and taking an even closer look at it.
Even Jessee was curious about this creature crawling around our backyard.
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