Meet all of our Turtles! (Fun facts time!)

Today we show you all of our turtles, share a fun fact about each species, and then feed them a special shrimp treat!

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Maplewood, MN 55119

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[katiekane]

I found a box turtle hidden under the leaves after a brush fire. His little toes were singed so we named him Smokey & kept him while he healed. My daughter was 5 at the time & Smokey made many trips to school & even vacationed in Florida with us. He loved the screen porch at my mom's! He was fun to feed grapes & worms to, was a great ambassador. My daughter cried for weeks when Smokey dug out of his summer enclosure but as we lived in the woods, he was healthy enough to be on his own & find a girlfriend. Our family has perfected the "turtle on the road" routine with everyone playing their parts to stop traffic & ensure their safe crossing. It's a great way to get kids comfortable with wildlife unless you mistake a box for a snapper 😅

[lenaevess]

I can imagine if dinos were still around, Ed and Emily would have a sactuary for them and as pets 😀

[Jaime-qdcr]

Another fun fact about leopard tortoises (that I’ve personally witnessed, as I see them often where I’m from in South Africa) is that they will eat Spotted Hyena dung, as their dung contains a lot of calcium and minerals from all the bones that they eat (their dung is actually white), so the tortoises eat it to get extra calcium for their shell.

[kittybun]

The fact that soft shells feel like stingrays is amazing to me. I love the way sting rays feel

[alanefideler]

Chloe is the turtle version of an influencer, she knows EXACTLY when the camera is on her and she thrives on the attention of strangers (but don’t touch!)

[TheChildofAuraReborn]

“This is Elon, the musk turtle.”
I love your guys’ naming conventions, it’s so fun hearing your animals’ names being said, lol.

[star]

My favourite/least favourite fact about turtles is that their shells are their ribcage! It's all fused! They can just _pull all their legs and also head into their ribcage and how messed up is that._

[chastitymarks]

Right now I'm caring for my mothers Hermann's tortoise named Molly. Molly is a spry older lady of about 70years, with - of course - a head of her own and a huge love for strawberries. 😃

[schaynegeorge]

Love Emily talking about the differences between the painted turtles and Ed's voice has that "I learned something cool" tone to it. It's so cute to hear an adult who works with these animals enjoying learning new things.

[knate]

If I remember correctly, the Guadalupe softshell turtle is actually a regional sub-species of Spiny soft shell, so I think taco is good either way.

[kylieroth]

It makes me so happy to know they feel the shell scratches. I’ve always seen the large tortoises in local zoos and got told as a kid to touch their shells n never thought touching the shell did anything. Knowing they feel it and enjoy it is all the joy in my heart.

[linnywines]

I love Sharon! I remember when I was lucky enough to visit the zoo I gave her lots of scritches and she actually followed me around; what sweetheart!

[OmniGundam]

Fun fact of my own, my backyard was for several years the site of a turtle nest. We'd see turtles come to my back yard to lay their eggs. It's been a while so I don't know if any are gonna show up any more, but yeah, turtles regularly visited my back yard. Had to help them cross the street a few times.
Before you ask, I don't actually know what species they were. They might have been a kind of painted turtle.

Bonus: one year a GIANT snapping turtle was sitting on the sidewalk. I didn't get to see it's face because I was young and my parents didn't want me to get hurt, but it was there!

[willow_haven]

Please do an updated meet all our snakes video! It'd be so interesting to see who you all still have vs your newer snakes 🐍

[els.]

I know Chloe is relatively tame as far as snappers go but Ed is still SUPER gutsy to tickle a snapping turtle's foot like that. Wowwie.

[jumpyfox]

Love how casually Emily reaches in the water and picks up a turtle

[ShadeyLadey]

Also I love how when Emily is educating us, Ed acts as the student with all the questions lol

[HeisenbergFam]

Your positive vibe with animals warms my heart

[_Fizel_]

Emily just casually yoinking the western painted turtles from the water just gave me a heck of a serotonin boost and IDK why.

[siroos_]

I have a vivid memory of walking in Florida, looking at the ground because it was raining, and seeing a box turtle in a storm drain! We used a large stick that was "Y" shaped at the end to wedge around the turtle and pull him up high enough to grab him through the grate. We drove him to a small wildlife rehab place, they said he looked all fine and healthy and we let him go in the forested area behind the building