| Wild Turtles 22:43 - Jul 25 with 1827 views | BLAZE |
I couldn't believe my eyes earlier, there was a dinner plate sized turtle just kicked back and chilling in Clydach canal today. According to a local he's been around for a few years now
All well and good on the hottest day ever, but can you imagine the poor fücker in January?
I had no idea they could survive wild in the UK. Fascinating, eh? |  | | |  |
| Wild Turtles on 22:45 - Jul 25 with 1813 views | Darran |
There’s loads been living in Briton Ferry canal for years they’re terrapins that (they say) people got fed up of when their kids grew out of the teenage mutant turtles. |  |
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| Wild Turtles on 22:47 - Jul 25 with 1802 views | BLAZE |
Ye I just read they're considered a pest as they're not native. Good luck to them I say | | | |
| Wild Turtles on 22:48 - Jul 25 with 1788 views | Darran |
| Wild Turtles on 22:47 - Jul 25 by BLAZE |
Ye I just read they're considered a pest as they're not native. Good luck to them I say |
Absolutely,good for them. | |
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| Wild Turtles on 22:53 - Jul 25 with 1782 views | Darran |
There’s four on a plank here down the Ferry canal.
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| Wild Turtles on 22:59 - Jul 25 with 1771 views | BLAZE |
My old man has a couple of tortoises (one is a vicious bastard). Whenever I've seen turtles though they've needed heated tanks so I assumed they wouldn't survive winter
I feel like I learned something today ðŸ¢ðŸ¤˜ | | | |
| Wild Turtles on 23:02 - Jul 25 with 1761 views | Highjack |
| Wild Turtles on 22:59 - Jul 25 by BLAZE |
My old man has a couple of tortoises (one is a vicious bastard). Whenever I've seen turtles though they've needed heated tanks so I assumed they wouldn't survive winter
I feel like I learned something today ðŸ¢ðŸ¤˜ |
Turtles are tough little bastards. Very adaptable, which is why they’ve been around for so long. |  |
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| Wild Turtles on 23:11 - Jul 25 with 1750 views | DJack |
Surprised that no focker has tried to put it in a stew.  |  |
| It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring. - Carl Sagan |
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| Wild Turtles on 10:25 - Jul 26 with 1544 views | KGriz16 |
| Wild Turtles on 22:53 - Jul 25 by Darran |
There’s four on a plank here down the Ferry canal.
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is that genuine? My toddler loves turtles |  | | |
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| Wild Turtles on 10:31 - Jul 26 with 1536 views | jack_lord |
Whereabouts in Clydach? Guessing down the bottom near the Vardre rugby club as one of my mates mentioned the same a couple of weeks ago. That got in to a conversation that terrapins and turtles are the same thing. |  |
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| Wild Turtles on 10:33 - Jul 26 with 1532 views | Highjack |
| Wild Turtles on 10:31 - Jul 26 by jack_lord |
Whereabouts in Clydach? Guessing down the bottom near the Vardre rugby club as one of my mates mentioned the same a couple of weeks ago. That got in to a conversation that terrapins and turtles are the same thing. |
Yeah terrapins are turtles and turtles are terrapins and also tortoises are turtles as well as terrapins. | |
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| Wild Turtles on 10:35 - Jul 26 with 1527 views | jack_lord |
| Wild Turtles on 10:33 - Jul 26 by Highjack |
Yeah terrapins are turtles and turtles are terrapins and also tortoises are turtles as well as terrapins. |
That was pretty much how the conversation went (googled it to make sure it wasn't made up as well) | |
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| Wild Turtles on 13:02 - Jul 26 with 1453 views | BLAZE |
| Wild Turtles on 10:31 - Jul 26 by jack_lord |
Whereabouts in Clydach? Guessing down the bottom near the Vardre rugby club as one of my mates mentioned the same a couple of weeks ago. That got in to a conversation that terrapins and turtles are the same thing. |
Yep, exactly there | | | |
| Wild Turtles on 13:14 - Jul 26 with 1435 views | BLAZE |
| Wild Turtles on 10:33 - Jul 26 by Highjack |
Yeah terrapins are turtles and turtles are terrapins and also tortoises are turtles as well as terrapins. |
I must admit, I always assumed turtles were water based and tortoises were land based. According to the interweb though it depends where in the world you are as the definitions vary, particularly across Europe
One of our tortoises is getting on a bit now... He vagually remembers Cardiff City's last major trophy win [Post edited 26 Jul 2019 13:20]
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| Wild Turtles on 13:29 - Jul 26 with 1412 views | Darran |
| Wild Turtles on 10:25 - Jul 26 by KGriz16 |
is that genuine? My toddler loves turtles |
100% genuine. | |
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| Wild Turtles on 13:37 - Jul 26 with 1407 views | Highjack |
| Wild Turtles on 13:14 - Jul 26 by BLAZE |
I must admit, I always assumed turtles were water based and tortoises were land based. According to the interweb though it depends where in the world you are as the definitions vary, particularly across Europe
One of our tortoises is getting on a bit now... He vagually remembers Cardiff City's last major trophy win [Post edited 26 Jul 2019 13:20]
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All tortoises are turtles. Not all turtles are tortoises. | |
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