canyakker, to nature
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A tiny Snapping Turtle (newly hatched?) on the way to the pond today.
It got a helping hand. Live long, little one!

RiversideBryan, to Florida
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RiversideBryan, to Florida
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art_history_animalia, to random
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A fine-looking friend for , found on fol. 98v of British Library Sloane MS 4016 (Tractatus de Herbis), Lombardy, Italy, c.1440.
https://bestiary.ca/beasts/beastgallery104656.htm

RiversideBryan, to Florida
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RiversideBryan, to Florida
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art_history_animalia, to random
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For + , two different versions of Two Long Neck , 2019, by Reuben Balarda Manakgu (Mandjuringunj clan, West Arhnem Land, b.1965)
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas, 26 x 43cm & 40 x 50 cm
https://www.mutualart.com/Artist/Reuben-Manakgu/391C37A818E900F7/Artworks

Aboriginal painting of two long-neck turtles, Rarrk (cross-hatching) style, with four waterlily leaves on dark red-brown marbled background

art_history_animalia, to random
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:
Hunt Slonem (American, b. 1951)
Tondo, 1986
Oil on canvas, D 36 in. (91.44 cm)
https://invaluable.com/auction-lot/hunt-slonem-american-b-1951-turtle-tondo-390-c-74d46a6096

anja_in_wonderland, to random

@Kuestentroete Have a wonderful time 😊

ArnoJanBoere, to random Dutch
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Kuestentroete, to photography German
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somuchpingle, to nature

Juvenile Yellow-spotted River Turtles (Podocnemis unifilis), photographed at the Quistacocha Zoo in Iquitos a long while back.

art_history_animalia, to random
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:
Jacques Hnizdovsky (Ukrainian-American, 1915-1985)
, 1962
woodcut, 15 3⁄4 x 23 1⁄4 in. (40.0 x 59.1 cm)
Smithsonian American Art Museum 1967.77.7: https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/turtle-10571
(probably a Radiated Tortoise)

art_history_animalia, to random
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dmartuk, to animals
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Happy Tortoise Tuesday, and relatedly, Turtle Tuesday! 🐢🐢

Pictured here is Boudicca, an African spurred tortoise, eating her favorite mix of cherry tomatoes and dandelion greens.

art_history_animalia, to Gold
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It’s #WorldTurtleDay, on a #TurtleTuesday + #TwoForTuesday!
Check out this gorgeous pair of nearly 2000-year-old cast #gold repoussé #turtle earrings, probably from the Taxila region (in modern day Pakistan), 1st-2nd c. CE, 5.72 x 1.27 x .95 cm.
From the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) collection: https://collections.lacma.org/node/251482

Mrfunkedude, to random
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Everyone has a cluttered corner somewhere in their house. What does yours look like?

crenquis,
loren, to random

happy !

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