What kind a turtle is this?
Mar 5, 2017 #2 KevinGG Well-Known Member 5 Year Member Joined Nov 16, 2013 Messages 1,119 Location (City and/or State) Santa Cruz, CA That's awful. Where is that? They look like very old Red Ear Sliders.
Mar 5, 2017 #3 ZEROPILOT REDFOOT WRANGLER Moderator Tortoise Club 5 Year Member Platinum Tortoise Club Joined Jul 16, 2014 Messages 29,130 Location (City and/or State) South Eastern Florida (U.S.A.)/Rock Hill S.C. I have no idea. But they look identical to one's being sold here at Asian food markets.
Mar 5, 2017 #5 Stuart S. Well-Known Member Tortoise Club 5 Year Member Joined Nov 29, 2016 Messages 1,338 Location (City and/or State) Paris, Texas That's crazy!
Mar 5, 2017 #6 Yvonne G Old Timer TFO Admin 10 Year Member! Platinum Tortoise Club Joined Jan 23, 2008 Messages 93,450 Location (City and/or State) Clovis, CA It says Brazilian turtles. It's no different from seeing live lobsters in a tank waiting to be sold for someone's dinner.
It says Brazilian turtles. It's no different from seeing live lobsters in a tank waiting to be sold for someone's dinner.
Mar 5, 2017 #7 thefalconwizard New Member Joined Feb 14, 2017 Messages 15 Looks like old Reeve's turtles
Mar 5, 2017 #8 KevinGG Well-Known Member 5 Year Member Joined Nov 16, 2013 Messages 1,119 Location (City and/or State) Santa Cruz, CA Yvonne G said: It says Brazilian turtles. It's no different from seeing live lobsters in a tank waiting to be sold for someone's dinner. Click to expand... No different and no less awful...
Yvonne G said: It says Brazilian turtles. It's no different from seeing live lobsters in a tank waiting to be sold for someone's dinner. Click to expand... No different and no less awful...
Mar 6, 2017 #9 thefalconwizard New Member Joined Feb 14, 2017 Messages 15 KevinGG said: No different and no less awful... Click to expand... Didn't read the Brazilian bit
Mar 6, 2017 #10 Markw84 Well-Known Member 10 Year Member! Platinum Tortoise Club Joined Jan 17, 2012 Messages 5,058 Location (City and/or State) Sacramento, CA (Central Valley) Looks like a Trachemys From looks it could be Trachemys dorbigni from Brazil. Also known as black sliders they are pretty common down there
Looks like a Trachemys From looks it could be Trachemys dorbigni from Brazil. Also known as black sliders they are pretty common down there