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| Description | The Snake-necked Turtle can equal or exceed the length of its shell. The turtle makes the best use of this neck by keeping it tucked into the shell—curved around its body in an S shape—while hunting, causing its prey to misjudge the range of the turtle’s strike. When the target enters the range of the turtle’s neck, the turtle shoots its neck out and grabs its meal. This turtle also has yet another name: “the stinker.” This is a result of the skunk-like musk the turtle expels when threatened. This is not its only unusual quality, however: the snake-necked turtle can be distinguished from related species of freshwater turtle by its exceedingly long neck, its white iris, and by the broad black sutures along its plastron or lower shell. Inhabiting the still or slow-moving waters of northeast Australia, after mating, the female of the species lays about ten eggs on the sloped shores at the edge of the water, ensuring good drainage so that the nest will never be submerged for long, as even a few hours of soaking will kill the unborn babies. The snake-necked turtle is at its most vulnerable at this early point in life. Many eggs and recent hatchlings fall victim to predators from both sea and land. |
| Date | Taken on 22 March 2008, 09:53 |
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| Author | Cliff from Arlington, Virginia, USA |
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