baby terrapins

Here are the pictures you've all been waiting for - I know, I know, "ohhh, how cute!". This is what I work with now. If you want to see more pictures, drop me a line and I'll send them to you.


Hatchling tracks in soft sand; he was crawling toward the upper left hand corner of the picture.


A ringed nest with emerged hatchlings and the emergence hole.


They like to hide against the side of the ring, for protection and shade.


This one, Nahor, had a very pretty shell pattern with high contrast. Yes, his name is Nahor. If I name my bumps and bruises, I'm certainly going to name 1500+ hatchlings. Actually, I'm going through the Bible and using the names from there - so far I'm up to Abram.


A gaggle of terrapin hatchlings.