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elleng

(139,429 posts) Sat Jul 16, 2022, 06:24 PM Jul 2022

Turtle/Terrapin among this stuff?

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Turtle/Terrapin among this stuff? (Original Post) elleng Jul 2022 OP

That little lump right at the waterline, just left of center? Gaugamela Jul 2022 #1

Could be ANYTHING, so I posted for y'all to see! elleng Jul 2022 #2

Why do you speculate that it's a turtle, or is Gaugamela Jul 2022 #3

Have posted before @ this spot, in southern MD, elleng Jul 2022 #4

Gaugamela

(2,811 posts)

1. That little lump right at the waterline, just left of center?

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Sat Jul 16, 2022, 07:01 PM

Jul 2022

You tell us. There looks to be some kind of manufactured metallic object under the piece of wood to its left.

elleng

(139,429 posts)

2. Could be ANYTHING, so I posted for y'all to see!

Reply to Gaugamela (Reply #1)

Sat Jul 16, 2022, 07:10 PM

Jul 2022

Gaugamela

(2,811 posts)

3. Why do you speculate that it's a turtle, or is

Reply to elleng (Reply #2)

Sat Jul 16, 2022, 07:19 PM

Jul 2022

that just rhetorical?

elleng

(139,429 posts)

4. Have posted before @ this spot, in southern MD,

Reply to Gaugamela (Reply #3)

Sat Jul 16, 2022, 07:27 PM

Jul 2022

and consensus has been some kind of turtle.

One example:

Terrapin is a species of turtle native to the brackish coastal tidal marshes of the Northeastern and southern United States, and in Bermuda. It belongs to the monotypic genus Malaclemys. Wikipedia

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