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Chelodina oblonga
When I spotted this Long Neck Turtle on Holiday in Perth, I was sure that it was injured when i saw its crooked neck (it was the first and only time I had ever seen one of these). But after some research it seems that it is normal for them to 'bend' their necks. He seemed pretty aggresive so we didn't get too close!
Hi Ronwyn, you must now edit the spotting and put in the correct information as per the ID suggestion. To do this, open the spotting. Just above your name is an edit option which give you access to the fields to type in the correct information. Thanks for your co-operation.
For an example of a juvenile of this species: see this extra-cute spotting: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/717...
This is an example of the side-necked (or snake-necked) turtles found in the southern hemisphere of our planet. They sort of bend their neck sideways and tuck it under the roof of their upper shell for protection, rather than retracting it straight back like other turtles.
Spotted on Nov 28, 2012
Submitted on Feb 11, 2013
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