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“Size isn’t everything! Kudos to the turtles.”
This is news here in the U.S. today, so our American readers probably have seen this story. We thought our friends from other parts of the world might enjoy it though.
“TERRAPIN” ~ The name “terrapin” is derived from the Algonquian word torope. It applies to Malaclemys terrapinin both British English and American English. The name originally was used by early European settlers in North America to describe these brackish-water turtles that inhabited neither freshwater habitats nor the sea. It retains this exclusive use in American English. Wikipedia
Diamondback terrapin, Malaclemys terrapin, hand-colored lithograph ~ from North American herpetology; or, A description of the reptiles inhabiting the United States. , modified from Biodiversity Heritage Library. Original lithograph by Holbrook, John Edwards, 1794-1871. (Information and conservation status courtesy of Wikipedia.)
