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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-8--436339103 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Dave, On Feb 17, 2008, at 4:22 PM, David & Alison Webster wrote: > And do out Wood turtles stomp ? John Gilhen writes: > Yes, I understand they do stomp for earthworms, a favorite food. > However, I have watched individuals walk through cut wet grass and > also high up on mud river banks, suddenly stop, spread out their > front legs causing the front half of there plastron to fall or crash > on the surface. I assumed they were also foraging for earthworms but > I have never actually seen a Wood Turtle catch an earthworm this way. Cheers, Chris Christopher Majka Nova Scotia Museum, 1747 Summer St., Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 3A6 c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca --Apple-Mail-8--436339103 Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi Dave,<div><br><div><div>On = Feb 17, 2008, at 4:22 PM, David & Alison Webster wrote:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote = type=3D"cite"> And do out Wood turtles stomp = ?<br></blockquote></div><div><br = class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>John Gilhen = writes:</div><div><br = class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div></div><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><div>Yes, I understand they do stomp for earthworms, a = favorite food. However, I have watched individuals walk through cut wet = grass and also high up on mud river banks, suddenly stop, spread = out their front legs causing the front half of there plastron to fall or = crash on the surface. I assumed they were also foraging for earthworms = but I have never actually seen a Wood Turtle catch an earthworm this = way. <br></div></blockquote><div><br = class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Cheers,</div><div><br = class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Chris</div><div><br = class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><div = apple-content-edited=3D"true"> <span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: = rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: = normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: = normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; = -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; = -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; = white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><div = style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; = -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Christopher = Majka</div><div>Nova Scotia Museum, 1747 Summer St., Halifax, Nova = Scotia, Canada B3H 3A6</div><div><a = href=3D"mailto:c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca">c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca</a></div><= div><br class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></div></div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"></span> = </div><br></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-8--436339103--
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