Where am I living on Terrapin Day?

October 16, 2014

This turtle house may be located in the Gobi Desert. I don’t know anything more about it, but thought it was appropriate for Terrapin Day.

Terrapin is a term used in English for several smaller species of turtle living in fresh or brackish water. Terrapins do not form a taxonomic unit, and may not be very closely related, although many belong to the families Geoemydidae and Emydidae. A distinction between turtle and terrapin does not exist in other European languages. The name “terrapin” is derived from the Algonquian word torope used for Malaclemys terrapin. In the UK red-eared sliders are known as “red-eared terrapins”.

Ref: wikipedia

Here are some more –

Diamond Back Terrapin

Red-eared Slider

Spiny Terrapin from Asia

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6 comments

Looks like west Texas to me. Is a terrapin anything like a box turtle? If they are the same sort of critter, could one live in a box and call it Terra pin Plantation?
by Curtis October 16, 2014 at 8:52 am

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- On could, indeed.
  I would love to see the inside of the Terrapin House.
  by Anne Bonney October 16, 2014 at 1:21 pm
  
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Well, now we know what today’s Happy Hour Soundtrack will be!
by Buck October 16, 2014 at 1:09 pm

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- Perfect!
  by Anne Bonney October 16, 2014 at 1:20 pm
  
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I had a pet red eared turtle named Pinky! Very fond of these critters 😀
by Carol Carlisle October 22, 2014 at 4:18 pm

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- I get a kick out of them, too. There is a person on Etsy who knits turtle cozies – too cute.
  by Anne Bonney October 23, 2014 at 12:43 pm
  
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