NEEDED ANOTHER LOOK by markp

NEEDED ANOTHER LOOK

Out walking along a canal towpath, I just saw this, on the far side of the canal. Looked away and something in my head said, look again. I did, but it was a long way away. Only had a shortish lens on my camera, so took a photograph and magnified it on the back of the camera. I was quite surprised my initial idea was correct. It is a non native Terrapin, probably an ex pet, illegally released when it got too big to look after. It looks tiny here but was probably a minimum of twelve inches in length.

Another image here......

https://365project.org/markp/ALTERNATIVELY/13-04-2023
How unusual. Hope he can survive without somehow being responsible for introducing an invasive foreign species.
April 15th, 2023  
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