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This week’s turtle stories include some good news … extra protections for sea turtles, and Coral is recovering nicely.
Some feel-good stories … a box turtle nest finally hatches, a leopard tortoise out for a stroll, and a contest to name the baby sea turtle. 💗
And some sad news … 400 dead sea turtles, another sea turtle eats too much plastic, and the US seems to be in no hurry to better protect sea turtles from shrimp nets.
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Recent Box Turtle News
Wild box turtles in most of the country have slowed down and may even be hibernating. Depending on the weather where they’re living.
But we did come across this story of box turtle anticipation.
After 4 months of waiting, her baby boxie arrived: No, mama turtle wasn’t waiting. She covered her nest & left, as mama turtles do. But the woman in whose yard mama laid her eggs went into mom mode. She protected the nest & then waited. And waited. On Oct. 17 she was rewarded with an adorable little half-dollar sized Eastern box turtle. 💗 (Maryland)
