Becoming an expert at camouflage takes time. This is true even if you were born with a knack for it that you inherited from basically every other 3 toed box turtle who has ever lived. All things considered, some of your disguise ideas will just work out better than others. So it can be aContinueContinue reading “Day 117: Just Another Green Leaf”
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Day 114: The Wonderful Woodpile
There are pros and cons to living the life of a pet box turtle. In your former wild life, you were free to come and go and do as you pleased. Of course, this also meant predators were free to try to eat you for dinner (or breakfast or lunch or mid-afternoon snack) as theyContinueContinue reading “Day 114: The Wonderful Woodpile”
Day 111: Box Turtle Body Language
Life in an interspecies flock is going to present some challenges. For instance, there is communication. How do you communicate with one another to let your flock members know, for example, that not everything you want to share needs to be shrieked out at full volume? Or that you would like to come OUT ofContinueContinue reading “Day 111: Box Turtle Body Language”
Day 108: Scoping Salmon
As a shelled being with a keen gustatory appreciation, it is important to strike just the right ambience before you dine. For example, you can enjoy your meal a lot more if you stop first to verify there are no slavering predators hovering about around the periphery. Also, it is easier to relax and enjoyContinueContinue reading “Day 108: Scoping Salmon”
Day 105: That Boy Can Climb!
Every being is born with different talents. Some beings might be great at swimming. Other beings might be awesome at flying. Still others might do best when they sit very still. And there are some (shelled) beings that are truly amazing at….climbing.
Day 102: Hunting the Wild Earthworm
After a long day of climbing, swimming, basking, digging and burrowing, a box turtle can work up quite an appetite! And while your typical catered dinner is reliably delicious and always well-timed, there is no substitute for the thrill of the hunt. Plus, this is the best way to guarantee your prey will be super-freshContinueContinue reading “Day 102: Hunting the Wild Earthworm”
Day 99: Digging Is Good for the Soul
Even though you have a super-secure hinged safe sitting right on top of your legs, a smart and survival-savvy 3 toed box turtle always likes to have a Plan B in his back pocket. So to speak. You can definitely climb, but that is not always the right response in every situation. You’re a fair-to-middlingContinueContinue reading “Day 99: Digging Is Good for the Soul”
Day 93: What Has Red Eyes and Is Not Albino?
If you are born with fur or hair (like, say, your large shell-less mama) and you have red or pinkish tinted eyes, you might be an albino. In fact, even if you were born with a shell and your eyes are red or reddish, you might be an albino. Albino beings look the way theyContinueContinue reading “Day 93: What Has Red Eyes and Is Not Albino?”
Day 90: Scutes. Scoots.
Smart. Sensitive. Sociable (at least with lady box turtles and anything you want to eat). Flexible. Multi-talented. Strong. Speedy. Great climber. Good swimmer. Five-star hibernator. These are just some of the many awesome things about being a 3-toed box turtle. But one of the coolest is your scutes (pronounced “scoots”). The scutes are located onContinueContinue reading “Day 90: Scutes. Scoots.”
Day 87: Survivor, Box Turtle Edition
The 3-toed box turtle is a very unique species even among chelonians (that is what the large shell-less beings call individuals who look like you). Not only do you have (count ’em) three toes on each of your adorable back legs, but you also have a fancy-schmancy hinged box you can use as your personalContinueContinue reading “Day 87: Survivor, Box Turtle Edition”
Love & Feathers & Shells 