#Turtles 🐢🐢have rich and #ancient symbology around the world 😻🌏 Far from being meek and mild, they’re #warriors! Symbolic of our past, present and fragile future on earth. Help them survive! #Boycottpalmoil 🌴🩸☠️⛔️ #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social https://palmoildetectives.com/2022/04/24/a-fascinating-history-of-warrior-turtles-from-ancient-myths-warships-and-teenage-mutants/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer
I rode my bike to Furman University expecting to see turtles and they did not disappoint! 😄 #Turtles #FurmanUniversity
New video out!
We're back to the Midwest trip again, and the second day...while a snake did manage to make it into this vid, it's the salamanders that steal the spotlight. Two brand new, chunky lifer species in fact!
Find the video here: https://youtu.be/bVIGU6wZw-w

#herping #herpetology #salamanders #amphibians #snakes #turtles #reptiles #animals #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #naturephotography #educational #biology #zoology #carltoncarnivores

A Monkey Holding A Bound Putto Standing On A Garland In Front Of Which Are Two Winged Putti (mid-16h century) by Master of the Die.

Source: The Metropolitan Museum

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/cd7c3f17-932e-47db-a316-522803a98859

#garlands #turtles #birds #bears #fruit #art #publicdomain

Green turtles - Dives in Gili-Lombok, Indonesia

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An Arrau turtle makes its escape in the Rio Negro at Jaú national park, in Brazil’s remote northwest. It is one of about 1,500 turtles released there by riverine communities and scientists as part of a programme to re-establish the species.

Photograph: Orlando Junior/AFP/Getty Images

#photography
#conservation
#turtles