Re: PESO: Box Turtle

2022-07-11 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
On Mon, Jul 11, 2022 at 4:27 PM John Sessoms wrote: > All tortoises are turtles, but not all turtles are tortoises. > That is basically true. Most tortoises live on land, most turtles on sea, and tortoises generally have higher shells and duller colors/patterns, but there are quite few

Re: PESO: Box Turtle

2022-07-11 Thread John Sessoms
All tortoises are turtles, but not all turtles are tortoises. Are you a Turtle? On 7/11/2022 1:51 PM, Alan Cole wrote: That's a nice visitor! I would call it a tortoise - don't really know the difference from a turtle. We only use the term turtle for the ones in the sea. Alan C On Mon, Jul

Re: PESO: Box Turtle

2022-07-11 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Box turtles are related to pond turtles, but live on land, rather than in the water. Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery * On Mon, Jul 11, 2022 at 2:13 PM Henk Terhell wrote: > Nice shots showing the details of the shell of this

Re: PESO: Box Turtle

2022-07-11 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Although box turtles are superficially similar to tortoises in terrestrial habits and overall appearance, they are actually members of the American pond turtle family. I love the green sea turtles that visit the Maui beaches. We have several pond turtles in the pond of our local park, and they

Re: PESO: Box Turtle

2022-07-11 Thread Henk Terhell
Nice shots showing the details of the shell of this beautiful animal. I hope he will find the way back to the water. Henk Op ma 11 jul. 2022 om 18:24 schreef Daniel J. Matyola : > My dog spotted this fellow crossing our driveway yesterday, in the heat of > the day. > >

Re: PESO: Box Turtle

2022-07-11 Thread Alan Cole
That's a nice visitor! I would call it a tortoise - don't really know the difference from a turtle. We only use the term turtle for the ones in the sea. Alan C On Mon, Jul 11, 2022 at 6:24 PM Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > My dog spotted this fellow crossing our driveway yesterday, in the heat of

PESO: Box Turtle

2022-07-11 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
My dog spotted this fellow crossing our driveway yesterday, in the heat of the day. http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2022/7/11/box K-5 IIs, smc DA 18-135hour mm F 3.5-5.6 ED AL [IF] DC WR Comments, criticisms, questions, and suggestions are invited and appreciated. Dan