הזיהויים של jasonedelkind

The bottom of this turtle is very glossy and shiny. I found this turtle while on my evening walk when it was pouring with rain. I only seem to find these little guys when it’s raining really hard. He was not aggressive at all enjoyed eating some fresh lettuce we gave him! Thank you jasonedelkind and dodomate98 for helping me identify this turtle!

This strange plant was growing on an extremely big tree. I noticed that the leaves on this strange plant (or possibly invasive plant) had hard and spiked leaves like aloe plant leaves. It almost seemed like they were giant sea urchins growing off trees. Thank you jasonedelkind and bruceholst for helping me identify this!