Ottawa Turtles
Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 2:44 amI recently took a trip to Ottawa, and thought it'd be fun to post up some pictures of the turtles I saw (in their various forms 
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Largest turtle that ever lived, Archelon ischyros (Canadian Museum of Nature):
I thought it's plastron was interesting... Instead of a solid shell, it was several separated plates.
Spotted turtle (also Canadian Museum of Nature). The only live turtle I saw on my trip
Turtle that carries the world on it's back. This was part of the show Mosaika, on the Parliament buildings. Very cool if you ever get to check it out:
And this one I found on my last day. On the Parliament buildings, there are all kinds of carvings/statues in the stone, in, around, and on the building itself. The first day I was there, I saw a frog and a lizard, and thought to myself, "Oh! I wonder if there's a turtle!" Looked and looked but I couldn't find one.
Then, on my last day there, I was looking around, and spotted one!
)Largest turtle that ever lived, Archelon ischyros (Canadian Museum of Nature):
I thought it's plastron was interesting... Instead of a solid shell, it was several separated plates.
Spotted turtle (also Canadian Museum of Nature). The only live turtle I saw on my trip
Turtle that carries the world on it's back. This was part of the show Mosaika, on the Parliament buildings. Very cool if you ever get to check it out:
And this one I found on my last day. On the Parliament buildings, there are all kinds of carvings/statues in the stone, in, around, and on the building itself. The first day I was there, I saw a frog and a lizard, and thought to myself, "Oh! I wonder if there's a turtle!" Looked and looked but I couldn't find one.
Then, on my last day there, I was looking around, and spotted one!