BoxTurtleProject STL

St. Louis Box Turtle Project

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It was a beautiful morning for turtle tracking in Forest Park! Tom was on the move far (in box turtle terms) from his location last week. All appears well with Ainoa, our newest tagged turtle, who we were happy to find just before the storms starting rolling in!

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Meet Ainoa, the newest tagged box turtle in forest park!! Freddy (the person not turtle Freddy 😁) seems to spot box turtles everywhere he goes! We took Alton high school students into the field today in the... https://t.co/63Z3MRhvWX

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Beautiful morning in Forest park! Meet our newest tagged turtle Freddy, named after our friend and colleague Freddy Cabrera (holding Freddy). Freddy and Ainoa are visiting from Galapagos. They lead our sister... https://t.co/xRIWgiBDhd

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Come to the one health fair today! 10-2. Maps and ICM swag are located at north zoo entrance. There are maps at south entrance too

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Everyone is up and moving! It’s turtle season! And Dean, our new extern and 4th year med student at Wash U, found em all today🐢 REMEMBER to keep an eye while driving and be kind to those turtles crossing the road.

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We checked in on some Tyson turtles today. Ended up spending the whole time looking for spikey. Finally found her outside of lone elk park! She found a new hibernation site she must like better this year.

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Not turtles but another one of our great conservation programs. https://t.co/tW1rDACVMe

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Dr Deem giving a shout out to Georgette, her amazing story, and the impact she made on so many people during her keynote talk this morning at the national wildlife rehabilitation association conference! Great talk Dr. D!

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Happy Wednesday! stay safe on the slushy roads today. We're anxiously waiting for spring so we can see these beautiful faces awake!
Photos by the amazing Shawn Klein

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The healing power of time. This is Tom, one of the Forest Park box turtles. When we first met Tom in 2013, he had shell damage from an unknown cause (before photos), but was otherwise healthy. You can see... https://t.co/2JGWWqOfMN

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Of all the box turtles we have met since starting the STBTP in spring of 2012, one truly impressive turtle stands out -- Georgette. After following her for 4 1/2 years, we are very sorry to report that... https://t.co/67uO2g7hAe

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Check out our first Instagram post!

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My name is Jackie Buckley and I am the current intern at the Saint Louis Zoo Institute for Conservation Medicine. As a candidate in the masters of conservation medicine program at the Tufts Cummings... https://t.co/ESVYB99ohX

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A little light listening over your lunch today. we'll be listening to Mark Glenshaw talking today on St. Louis on the air about the Forest Park Owls he has been following. Link below. at noon! https://t.co/0ljg2nwt6D

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check out this great blog - lots of amazing photos! - of our trip this past summer. Big and little turtles...we love them all. https://t.co/tBanP4etZh

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The work in Galápagos is a little different than in Missouri. Or rather a couple hundred pounds different! https://t.co/BzJS4oqadu

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So much fun working with Mizzou vet students learning to repair turtle shells. Nice job Dr. Maris Brenn-White teaching the wildlife vets of the future!

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Maris checked on the Forest Park box turtles today and it looks like they are all burrowed down ready to brumate for the long winter season. It was about this time 4 years ago that we were worried... https://t.co/eWGvVHthG0

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Keri is the best! https://t.co/fdL8hMx7gf