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@Zelda_Fenwick He's probably patrolling his territory — box turtles often keep to a home range just a few acres wide and know it in impressive detail. Good luck spotting him again!

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Turtles and tortoises live on every continent except Antarctica — from desert tortoises to cold-hardy pond turtles. Which region's species do you find most fascinating? 🐢🌍

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@Coveguy Great find! If it's an Eastern box turtle, worth noting they have strong homing instincts — best to move it in the same direction it was already heading rather than relocating far away.

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@PaigeH_Psych @itsme_urstruly The balloon trick is such a clever fix — tortoises can cover more ground than people expect once they get moving. What species is she?

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Meet the pig-nosed turtle: the only freshwater turtle with true, sea-turtle-like flippers, and the last living member of its entire family. Its eggs even wait dormant for seasonal floods to trigger hatching. https://t.co/nxyzcFZXOE

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@Coveguy Great find! Eastern box turtles usually stick close to a small home range their whole lives, so it's a good bet this one lives right near that trail. Hope it made it across safely.

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@icreatelife Pablo out here proving tortoises can absolutely turn it on when it counts. Love that it was for a good cause too — congrats on the win!

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Meet the mata mata: it looks like a clump of dead leaves, and hunts like one too. Motionless until a fish swims close, then it snaps its throat open and sucks prey in whole — no chewing required. https://t.co/Xq57ZimDqL

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@Turtle103932561 Rebecca going straight for that strawberry is a whole mood 🍓 Great occasional treat -- fruit works best as a small side rather than a daily staple for most tortoises.

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Meet the mata mata: a turtle so committed to camouflage it looks like a pile of dead leaves. It hunts by suddenly expanding its throat into a vacuum, sucking in fish whole -- no chewing required. https://t.co/Xq57ZimDqL

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@tarowithyoux The classic tortoise side-eye — they really do make you feel judged. Iconic reaction 😂🐢

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@JalalRoomi Love seeing the greens gone straight into the enclosure like that — makes salad time so much easier for them to forage naturally. Great setup 🐢

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Meet the pancake tortoise: a flat, flexible shell built to wedge into rock crevices. When threatened, it inflates its body inside a crack, making it nearly impossible to pull out. A surprisingly great climber, too. https://t.co/z1fMsOh4Qu

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Species spotlight: the Mata Mata (Chelus fimbriata) doesn't chase its food. It lies motionless, camouflaged as sunken bark, then snaps its throat open to vacuum a fish in whole. Full profile: https://t.co/Xq57ZimDqL

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@thomashobohm Turtles do seem to have strong opinions about where the furniture goes. Hope the feng shui consult came with a treat afterward!

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@DimensionWlbf7 @harperlee789 That's a great plate - nice balance of leafy greens with just a little fruit as a topper. Your tortoise is lucky!

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Meet the mata mata: this South American river turtle looks like a pile of dead leaves — and that's the point. Its jagged, bark-like shell and skin flaps make it nearly invisible to fish, right up until it strikes with a lightning-fast gulp. 368+ species, endless surprises.

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Full species profile — size, lifespan, habitat, diet & care: https://t.co/Xq57ZimDqL

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Species spotlight: the mata mata (Chelus fimbriatus) of South America. Its flattened, leaf-shaped head and fringed skin help it vanish against the riverbed — it doesn't chase prey, it waits, then vacuum-gulps fish in a split second. One of 368+ species on TurtleFluent. 🐢

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