Reptiles and an insect
Visiting the Nature Center and seeing the turtles reminded me of the painted turtle that we had when I was a child. My mom purchased it at Woolworths on one of our shopping trips. They had plastic Turtle bowls that included a little plastic island and a green plastic palm tree and when you purchased one you got the turtle free. Ours was quite small and I remember we fed it lettuce and bits of raw hamburger meat. Mom provided an old rolled up bit of damp carpet for it to hibernate in during the winter and even though it looked dead and dried out when it was placed back in the water in the spring it took off swimming! We had it for several years.
The hissing cockroach is one of the largest species of cockroach in the world. It is native to the African island of Madagascar.
The male cockroach hisses to scare off intruders and also to attract a mate.
This is Patsy, an alligator snapping turtle, and she is a permanent resident of the Nature Center. She was born in 2007. The museum lists this species as endangered.
Alligator snapping turtles are sometimes described as dinosaur-like because of their spiky shells and primitive-looking faces. They have three pointed ridges along their shells that run from head to tail. Unlike all other species of snapping turtle, this one has eyes on the sides of its head.
The alligator snapping turtle is the largest species of freshwater turtle. Males typically weigh between 155 and 175 pounds (70 and 80 kilograms)
Alligator snapping turtles are found exclusively in the United States, from northern Florida to eastern Texas and as far north as Iowa. They are almost exclusively aquatic, and tend to stay submerged and motionless for so long that algae begins to grow on their shells. They can go 50 minutes before needing to surface for a gulp of air. Except for egg-laying females, these turtles almost never come on land. River systems, lakes, and wetland comprise their preferred habitats. SOURCE
They can lay on the river bottom with their mouths open and wiggle their worm-like tongue and when a fish comes to investigate they snap it up! Maybe it's just me, but I would avoid swimming in water where these turtles live. If you are bitten they can snap through bone.
We all need to learn about nature!
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Nice, but I hate cockroaches 😵💫
I read that some people eat them! Thanks for curating! ♥️
Yeah, my colleague from work offered me in a can, salted, like peanuts tasted. I couldn't 🥵
I'm pretty sure I couldn't either!
You still remember that childhood memory with the turtle so clearly. :) That's beautiful!
Some things I remember! It's always fun to get together with childhood friends to compare memories.
We don't remember days, we remember moments, so that we can have fun discussing them later. 😄
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What a beautiful place and how many beautiful animals to see.
What a beautiful story you have since you were a child.
Thanks! Museums of all sorts are fun!
Some beautiful images there... I can imagine from the words how beautiful that childhood toy of yours would be.
Thanks for sharing
Thanks so much! It is interesting to see all these creatures!
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Turtles are my favorite. You take great photos ❤
Thanks! They are interesting, aren't they!
It’s good how so many things reminds us of our childhood
These are beautiful pictures
Love them!
Thanks so much!
😰 Poor fish, nature is so interesting that it's scary. Beautiful photos and excellent post, I have learned a lot. I hope I don't find a worm-tongue in the water!
The thought of that poor fish makes me shudder. It seems like such a cruel trick.
I haven't seen an Alligator snapping turtle in Iowa yet. If I do I'll ask it to go to Wisconsin 😂
No alligators of any kind welcome here!
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Wow these turtles are precious. They have different designs and shapes and also a good size. I got used only to the small turtles we have on the land. Lovely photos, thank you for sharing!
I read that there are 356 species of turtles in the world. So many different kinds.
Thats really interesting and worth checking out!
Your childhood memory with the turtle sounds so nostalgic and sweet dearest Mel. It's amazing how certain things can bring back such vivid memories. And is it weird that I think the turtle looks like a snake in the shell 😳
Not weird to me! I'm not much of a reptile person. 😁
Great to know it ain't weird hehehe !LOLZ because that's exactly what I'm seeing 😂
I'll pass on a bit from the alligator snapper, I wouldn't mess with one those! I'll pass on the cockroach too, never much cared for them. As a kid we never had a turtle, we had just about all the other animals though!
I am really glad we don't have them around here! They sound rather terrifying. But then anything that is called 'alligator sounds creepy to me!
Visiting places with animals or with lots of plants is a great thing to distract the mind. I loved all the photos you shared about the nature center you visited, I've had the opportunity to see these cockroach species in videos and they are really huge, although I work with insects and other arthropods I'm not a big fan of cockroaches 😆, but they are still something interesting. On the other hand, seeing so many turtles also reminded me of my childhood, as I had several back in the day. Hope you guys have a good week.
Thanks! I'm OK with most insects (except ticks and mosquitos) as long as they stay outdoors where they belong! ❤️
Love the turtles and frog. Not so much the cockroach 😊 Fun story about the pet turtle. My wife had a pet turtle growing up and I used to find them outside growing up. We would paint their shell to identify them when we would find them later. Even tied string on them so we could follow the string and find them again later. We saw a snapping turtle walking across our yard when we came home today! first one we have seen on our property.
She was probably on an egg laying mission! It seems they rarely leave the water except to lay eggs, from what I read about them.
Hi @melinda010100!!! What a nice walk to the natural museum 🐞. I love turtles I had one as a child too, cockroaches not so much 😂. Yes, you are right, we all should learn about nature 🐞. Very nice pictures. A hug from Venezuela ☺️
I don't know anyone who feels love toward cockroaches! I'm glad you enjoyed the photos. Thanks for stopping by!