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10/04/2022

16/11/2021

Scientists have unearthed new fossils of one of the largest turtles that ever lived: a car-sized reptile which prowled the lakes and rivers of what is now northern

09/11/2021

Who said turtles are slow??! 🐢😆

06/11/2021

What does your weekend look like??

Here’s mine…weekly order of turtle dinners! 30 down only 170 to go 😅

05/11/2021

Hi little egg babies!!! Now to wait 120 days for hatch day ❤️

14/09/2021

Did you know?

Turtles shed their skin and their shell as they grow. The scales or ‘scutes’ peel off one at a time as new scutes form below.

Eastern Long Neck turtles also change colour as they grow. Juveniles are born with a black/blue coloured shell or ‘carapace’ with vibrant orange spots on their underside or ‘plastron’. Eventually the shell will change to a brown shade and the spots turn to a light yellow.

The reason for this colour change is not entirely known but is assumed that the baby turtles are more brightly coloured as a defence while their shell is still not a sufficient size or density to offer much protection. In nature, brighter colours can often be a deterrent to predators as they may indicate that the animal is venomous or poisonous if eaten.

As adults their colours are more geared towards camouflage as their best defence is to remain hidden when predators are nearby.

14/09/2021

Just give me the fooooood!! 🐢❤️

26/08/2021

Maverick 1 : Turtle 0

25/08/2021

Did you know? 😅

25/08/2021

When I’m not making turtle food, I’m making turtle play pens… apparently 😅
Here are some progress shots! I still need to add some more plants, a small pond and make it a bit more escape proof. Turtles are actually fairly good diggers, climbers and determined escape artists. Now to just wait for another sunny day ☀️🐢

17/08/2021

Some lock down fun! Applying 300+ stickers to my packaging. How exhilarating 😅🐢

27/07/2021

New logo for my frozen Axolotl food!! ❤️

20/07/2021

Time for an explore ❤️🐢

19/07/2021

I think my dog may have turned into a turtle….

19/07/2021

Oh my goodness… I’ll never stop loving their little flappy feet ❤️🐢

26/06/2021

30/05/2021

Pleeeeeease let me eat that turtle 😳🐢

30/05/2021

I love Sundays, especially when it’s followed by a Public Holiday. Have a nice long weekend Canberra (Sorry to all the other states 😭🐢)

30/05/2021

Can you name all 10 of these ingredients?

This is a new type of turtle food I’m currently trialing. It’s a combination of whole food items, pellets and selection of fish. It’s called ‘Turtle Trail Mix’ ❤️🐢

28/05/2021

I met the cutest little turtle today. I’m not sure what species he was, but he loved my food so I think he’s the best. 🐢🐶

28/05/2021

What a treat! My love of turtles and cake fails all in one 🐢😅

23/05/2021

Hope you had a turtley awesome day 🐢❤️

21/05/2021

She got sucked backwards by the current of the filter but was so determined to eat that yummy cricket 🥰😂 Wish I had been fast enough to record the whole thing!!

21/05/2021

Little baby looks shocked that I managed to find him… he thought he was hiding so sneakily between the filter and water heater 😅

20/05/2021

Such a cool photo. ❤️🐢

A snapping turtle just after emerging from ”hibernating”, buried in the mud. This is where the Native American legends of the Earth being brought into existence and carried on the shell of a turtle originated from. - Reddit | iangoren98

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20/05/2021

One of the reasons why long necks turtles…have long necks!

19/05/2021

😂😂

19/05/2021

Do turtles have ears? Can they hear?

The answer is yes… well kind of!

Turtles do not have the kind of ears that are familiar to us. They are not external like ours and lack the ability to hear the range of sounds that we can. They instead have internal ears covered by a flap of skin.

These ears are not really made for hearing sound as we know it, instead they pick up vibrations and air displacement. This is used to sense things such as moving prey or approaching predators. Their hearing it much better in water than out.

Turtles hearing range is around 200 to 750 Hz. In comparison, humans can hear between the range of 20 to 20,000 Hz.

However, hearing is really only a secondary sense for turtles. Their eyesight and sense of smell more than make up for it. Studies have shown that turtles can see and recognise shapes, colours and patterns. Their smell is also much more highly tuned than our own, particularly under water.

18/05/2021

Time lapse of the little baby turtles at Reptiles inc. ❤️🐢