Saturday, January 12, 2019

January 12, 2019

Location: Viera Wetlands

I am a Soft-shelled Turtle
I'm in the Trionychidae family
We all have 3 claws on our large front webbed feet.
My handshake is pointy yet clammy, uncannily.

(Click to enlarge this one too - check out the claws on those otherwise innocent looking hands!)

Sources: Encyclopedia.com - Softshell Turtles: Trionychidae

Photo and text © 2018 Dee Fairbanks Simpson

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