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Eastern Box Turtle

Terrapene carolina carolina

Description:

While Working for the DNR, had someone bring in this baby albino box turtle. It is about the size of a strawberry. Now in a zoo. This is an older picture, i'm not sure the exact date or location.

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3 Comments

keithp2012
keithp2012 8 years ago

cool photo!

dferris
dferris 8 years ago

Agreed. I was so excited when they brought it in. I'm glad we could save this little guy.

AshleyT
AshleyT 8 years ago

How cool! I love when albinos happen in nature, probably best it is in captivity now though as it likely wouldn't have lasted long. Thanks for sharing!

dferris
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dferris

Michigan, USA

Spotted on Jul 15, 2015
Submitted on Dec 2, 2015

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