tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post115435588890588993..comments2023-11-02T05:09:48.607-05:00Comments on PURE FLORIDA: Tripping With TurtlesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1154458298436567472006-08-01T13:51:00.000-05:002006-08-01T13:51:00.000-05:00roger,future furry post...non chemical content.deb...roger,<BR/>future furry post...non chemical content.<BR/><BR/>debanon,<BR/>I should have known, a fellow lab lover.<BR/><BR/>ThunderD,<BR/>Yes, being eaten alive by fireants is a character building experience...I know. Wow, we are similar temps...too bad about the lack of salt water.<BR/><BR/>Doubleknot,<BR/>Hi! Yes, that turtle is sitting pretty. He'll stay put if he knows what's good for him.R.Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04905593499136090763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1154451516889544632006-08-01T11:58:00.000-05:002006-08-01T11:58:00.000-05:00Glad your cooters made it. Thanks for helping kee...Glad your cooters made it. Thanks for helping keep them going. I like the idea of the one in your mother's pond - spoiled baby.doubleknothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13770447988787944018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1154443417611113232006-08-01T09:43:00.000-05:002006-08-01T09:43:00.000-05:00Oh, I forgot to give the weather comparison for to...Oh, I forgot to give the weather comparison for today:<BR/><BR/>US - 95F,72% humidity,Dew pt.@75F<BR/><BR/>You - 92F, 75% Humidity, Dew pt.@75F<BR/><BR/>Like I said we get all the heat and humidity, but where's the beach?!Thunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02451216620261659383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1154442316718716432006-08-01T09:25:00.000-05:002006-08-01T09:25:00.000-05:00It looks like you were pretty successful!Although ...It looks like you were pretty successful!<BR/><BR/>Although the ones that would have survived the natural setting of their nest would probably have built more character from their experience. ;-)Thunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02451216620261659383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1154440504344049702006-08-01T08:55:00.000-05:002006-08-01T08:55:00.000-05:00By the way, "anonymous" was me. I don't know how t...By the way, "anonymous" was me. I don't know how that happened!Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07879771115420282834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1154428549743440072006-08-01T05:35:00.000-05:002006-08-01T05:35:00.000-05:00Anonymous,I think the lab smuggling might be worth...Anonymous,<BR/>I think the lab smuggling might be worth a future full post of it's own, Thanks! :)R.Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04905593499136090763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1154399976128533742006-07-31T21:39:00.000-05:002006-07-31T21:39:00.000-05:00Laughing at the last two posts. A smuggled lab pup...Laughing at the last two posts. A smuggled lab puppy in your dorm room? It's hard enough to keep a lab puppy in a small house! How did you do it? Notice I'm not asking why; after three labs I KNOW why. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1154396905879565872006-07-31T20:48:00.000-05:002006-07-31T20:48:00.000-05:00Laura,Great idea, I'll put it next to the "Lab Cro...Laura,<BR/>Great idea, I'll put it next to the "Lab Crossing" sign.<BR/>I could also put up a "Caution, Watch For Otters Eating All The Fish In FC's Pond" sign and a "If You See The Neighbor's Black Cat In The Driveway, Please Speed Up" sign.R.Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04905593499136090763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1154395393454737592006-07-31T20:23:00.000-05:002006-07-31T20:23:00.000-05:00that should have read: "...a sign for your house o...that should have read: "...a sign for your house or driveway called "Turtle Run."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1154395297461153442006-07-31T20:21:00.000-05:002006-07-31T20:21:00.000-05:00Very cool! Maybe you should make a sign for your c...Very cool! Maybe you should make a sign for your called "Turtle Run."<BR/><BR/>....or something similar? All in all,<BR/>great to hear the lil guys survived the trip.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1154394984911517072006-07-31T20:16:00.000-05:002006-07-31T20:16:00.000-05:00Robin,Aunt Robin it is!Leslie,We've named the runt...Robin,<BR/>Aunt Robin it is!<BR/><BR/>Leslie,<BR/>We've named the runt "Squirt", but so far the rest are anonymous. I went to the Blogger help site and that picture posting SNAFU is a "known issue" that they are trying to solve. Hopefully they can solve it quickly.<BR/><BR/>Mrs. S,<BR/>Glad no one was crushed by failure to launch eggs back in your grade school. I actually think all of these turtles are going to be spoiled for a while.<BR/><BR/>Deb,<BR/>I bet your kids would love it!<BR/><BR/>ThreeCollie,<BR/>Thanks! Actually, it was less of a challenge than the Lab Puppy I smuggled into my college dorm...turtles are quiet.<BR/><BR/>Hurricane Teen,<BR/>I never saw them actually painted, but they were a common dimestore item (as were baby gators) when I was a little kid. FYI, Woolworths was down town on the south side of the park near Charlotte Street...bunch of touristy shops there now.R.Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04905593499136090763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1154380394447250652006-07-31T16:13:00.000-05:002006-07-31T16:13:00.000-05:00Are these those same little turtles that used to b...Are these those same little turtles that used to be painted and sold in pet stores a while back? That always made me sick. But these guys are so cute!MinorcanMeteorolgisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17095923117456588424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1154377433144040682006-07-31T15:23:00.000-05:002006-07-31T15:23:00.000-05:00FC I am proud to know someone that would smuggle h...FC I am proud to know someone that would smuggle hatching turtlings along on vacation. And they are incredibly cute!threecolliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05811004278088768813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1154373365149926422006-07-31T14:16:00.000-05:002006-07-31T14:16:00.000-05:00Too cute! I should try this just for fun next year...Too cute! I should try this just for fun next year with painted or snapping turtle eggs--there's always one or two nests along the driveway.Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07879771115420282834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1154373175103635402006-07-31T14:12:00.000-05:002006-07-31T14:12:00.000-05:00Ooooh! That's so thrilling!! 11 out of 13 is an aw...Ooooh! That's so thrilling!! 11 out of 13 is an awesome rate! I remember when we hatched chicks in our classroom when I was in grade two, and we got about the same ratio. Luckily, the "numbering the eggs to correspond them to children" didn't work because many of the chicks hatched over night (and even if someone had been there to watch, how do you keep chicks identified!?!?) and the numbers fell off, so no one knew which person's chicks didn't hatch.<BR/><BR/>I'm glad one of the turtles is going to be spoiled. <BR/><BR/>Nothing like new life to lift the spirits, eh?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1154368470651507562006-07-31T12:54:00.000-05:002006-07-31T12:54:00.000-05:00OH, how exciting! What a fun way to begin a vacat...OH, how exciting! What a fun way to begin a vacation. They aren't pets, you know, unless you name them.<BR/>Blogger is giving me fits with pics, too :(Lesliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06173202724588547447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1154364904160543142006-07-31T11:55:00.000-05:002006-07-31T11:55:00.000-05:00Those are the cutest little things. Are you planni...Those are the cutest little things. Are you planning on keeping at least one? I'd like to be an honorary long-distance aunt. They can come to visit us anytime.robin andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06386655587963143782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1154361515707224812006-07-31T10:58:00.000-05:002006-07-31T10:58:00.000-05:00Pablo,I think there must be a blog out there for a...Pablo,<BR/>I think there must be a blog out there for any random combination of words! <BR/>Permits...possibly, these are an edible game animal in FL. I would never do this with any of the seaturtles since I no longer carry the USFWS permit that allowed me to move seaturtle nests in the '80's. It is okay to keep these as pets, so I think I acted under the law.<BR/>The salmonella threat from reptiles is more related to domestic reptile pets who have more contact with their own excrement in dirty cages, tanks etc. I'm thinking they would have to acquire it post hatch.<BR/><BR/>Abandoned,<BR/>That was the remains of their yolk sac which is slowly absorbed after hatching. Baby snappers are cute too!<BR/><BR/>Betsy,<BR/>When I was a kid, these were for sale in every Woolworths store in the south.R.Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04905593499136090763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1154358460182991572006-07-31T10:07:00.000-05:002006-07-31T10:07:00.000-05:00Oh, now THAT, IS, CUTE!Pasadena -- Umbilical cord?...Oh, now THAT, IS, CUTE!<BR/><BR/>Pasadena -- Umbilical cord?? A biological impossibility. Only placental mammals can have umbilical cords. <BR/><BR/>Perhaps it was the remnants of the allantois. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AllantoisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1154357452630968182006-07-31T09:50:00.000-05:002006-07-31T09:50:00.000-05:00How cute!!! That's the same kind of bucket that m...How cute!!! That's the same kind of bucket that my little 5 baby aligator snapping turtles hatched out in. It was interesting to see the umbilical cord still attached. And they are so tiny when they hatch. Hard to imagine sometimes.<BR/><BR/>Did you say these were sea turtles in a previous post? Or not?Sandy Hatcher-Wallacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15011307599473627922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1154356273373384822006-07-31T09:31:00.000-05:002006-07-31T09:31:00.000-05:00little turtle heads poking out!(there's a blog wit...little turtle heads poking out!<BR/><BR/><BR/>(there's a blog with that name.)<BR/><BR/>So do you need a permit to do this kind of thing? (Not that I'm planning to. Just curious mostly.) Can you identify what kind of turtles these are? What will you do with them?<BR/><BR/>Aren't woodland turtles vectors for salmonella sometimes? Would these babies be born with it, or do they have to acquire it sometime during their life?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com