Yellow Bellied Sliders VS Cooters! How to Tell The Differences!

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[ThePollaton]

I’d still stand there scratching my head. 😂. Thank you 🙏 ❤

[sharim]

You point out some really great identification traits between the different species. One thing they all have in common: they are all beautiful!

[spencerbode]

You are freaking awesome. Thanks for the educational vid!

[DakotaCarney]

Love this, most commonly mistaken species!

[jacob]

Loved the original video about this, and this one is even better! Back in 2020, I got a river cooter hatchling and he/she is getting hard to one-hand at this point! Love these turtles 🐢❤️

[mrlithium]

@4:50 whoa i never saw any turtles with such long claws !
nice specimens all of them, they respond well to you handling them

[nmmcpa]

Thanks for the video. Is the Florida Cooter the same as the Peninsula Cooter? We have 2

[zetakari]

i was subbed when u posted the og slider vs cooter video

[markrumfola]

You have Big Turtles 🐢 there. Cool Place 😊

[Pringle]

i catch river cooters but the ones here are orange and have a unique serated shell

[robertdurkin]

Fantastic video and I LOVE beautiful sliders that lovely, wow huge one that you hold it !!! 🐢😉🤟❤️👋

[piotrscorpii]

Unfortunately many of North Americas Freshwater species have been released into Euro Asia habitats so their adaptation is quite impressive but they don't reproduce in natural environment over here, although that's possible in Mediterranean region where winters quite mild and summers hot.

[piotrscorpii]

Somehow sliders & cooters have always been my favourite species although in Europe we have got very few turtles: Emys Orbicularis is one of them plus some of Mauremys Caspica subspecies. That's pretty much everything 🤔😏

[soundsofkiareykhaos]

Great video! Love your turtles!!
If I sent you some pics of my turtle, could you possibly spare some time to please help me to try properly identifying his species..?please!😅 I've had him for several years, but the people I got him from weren't sure what he was or his age or gender..! Lol. Doing my own research, I've come to the assumption that he's a yellow belly, but I'm not 100% sure. I'd really appreciate ANY help!! Thanks

[LucasBrumley-uy]

Cool I've had a pet ybs for 5 Years

[RubyCarsonFrykenberg]

Is there a way I could send you a picture of a baby turtle I have recently found myself in charge of 😂 I don’t know if it’s a slider or a river cooter 😭

[mrs.spicer]

Wait I was told that when you flip a turtle upside down you’re suffocating them… 🤔🤔🤔