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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_004B_01CC5936.228F8980 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable This afternoon I noticed a medium-sized turtle sunning itself on a = slanted piece of concrete on the shore of Dartmouth's "Sawmill River" = near the downstream end of the long Alderney Drive culvert. Clearly, it = wasn't one of our four local freshwater turtle species.=20 It looked healthy, looking at me and stretching its legs, even though = it was in a terrible turtle habitat, surrounded by seawalls, a culvert, = and the ocean. It may have been swept downriver from Sullivans Pond or = even lakes Banook or Micmac during the recent high water. Didn't someone = report an exotic turtle from there this spring? The turtle's carapace was about 25 cm in length, smooth, and = uniformly dark brown to black. Its legs and neck were also uniformly = dark brown to blackish, except for reddish stripes on the dorsolateral = aspect of its neck. It may be a Red-Eared Turtle, from the Southern U.S. I cannot see how this escapee/releasee from captivity can survive in = its current suboptimal urban habitat. Will try to take a photo of it... Dusan Soudek ------=_NextPart_000_004B_01CC5936.228F8980 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 8.00.6001.19120"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D4> This afternoon I noticed a medium-sized = turtle=20 sunning itself on a slanted piece of concrete on the shore of = Dartmouth's=20 "Sawmill River" near the downstream end of the long Alderney Drive = culvert.=20 Clearly, it wasn't one of our four local freshwater turtle species.=20 </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D4> It looked healthy, looking at me and = stretching=20 its legs, even though it was in a terrible turtle habitat, surrounded by = seawalls, a culvert, and the ocean. It may have been swept downriver = from=20 Sullivans Pond or even lakes Banook or Micmac during the recent high = water.=20 Didn't someone report an exotic turtle from there this = spring?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D4> The turtle's carapace was about = 25 cm in=20 length, smooth, and uniformly dark brown to black. Its legs and neck = were also=20 uniformly dark brown to blackish, except for reddish stripes on the = dorsolateral=20 aspect of its neck. It may be a Red-Eared Turtle, from the Southern=20 U.S.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D4> I cannot see how this escapee/releasee = from=20 captivity can survive in its current suboptimal urban habitat. Will try = to take=20 a photo of it...</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D4> Dusan=20 Soudek </FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_004B_01CC5936.228F8980--
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