If you’re thinking about owning a pet but don’t feel like getting a dog or a cat, some people might say that one of the best options is getting a turtle. A lot can depend on an individual, but some people find these creatures to be perfect pets as they live longer and they don’t require as much energy as, for example, dogs. It might seem that turtles are a rare choice when it comes to picking a pet, but here are some moments when people online decided to share their adorable pet turtles or pictures that capture how amazing they truly are. Which one of these is your favorite? Don’t forget to leave your thoughts in the comments down below!
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Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin’s 16-Year-Old Son Robert Shared An Adorable Selfie With A Tortoise Named Igloo
The Face Of A 100 Year Old Turtle
Very often we might hear two names that refer to turtles. These are turtle and tortoise. What is the difference between these two creatures? The main difference is that turtles mainly live in water and only appear on land occasionally, while tortoises live only on land. They also differ in their appearance: while turtles are flat and light, tortoises are found to be thicker and heavier. It is known that turtles live from 20 to 40 years while tortoises live longer: from 60 to 80 years.
They Are Often Seen Following Each Other Around, Sharing Meals And Resting Together. We Hope This Unusual Friendship Continues To Flourish
I Crocheted Our Tortoise A Tank Sweater. She Is Now Frank The Tank
My Grandfather Built A Floating Dock For Turtles In The Lake By Their House, And The Turtles Love It
It might seem that turtles are easier to take care of than other pets that need to be watched all the time, taken outside at least twice a day, and in need of special foods or vitamins. These creatures also require special care. One of the main reasons why it is important to think before getting a turtle as a pet is that it carries salmonella bacteria that can be transmitted to people.
Volunteers Form A Human Wall To Guide Baby Turtles To The Sea
On the first day of July at 4pm, just 52 days after laying, 112 loggerhead sea turtle hatchlings began to climb to the top of their nest in the sand. STCB had Beachkeepers watching closely, as this nest is at risk from the airport lights which can disorientate hatchlings.
When several mini heads appeared above the sand STCB shaded the nest to prevent the hatchlings dehydrating in the hot sand. We then waited until the sun was going down and hatching took place. Here are the images from hatching. Thank you to all the volunteers who formed a human wall to allow the small loggerheads to make their way to the sea in safety.
Baby Snapping Turtles Look Just Like Little Dinosaurs
Baby Turtle Thinks It's Skydiving
For turtles to grow and be happy with the place they are in, they need the right lighting and temperature, as well as filtered water. Having in mind how long turtles live, people should really think before getting one. And even if the responsibility does not scare you, it is recommended to get a turtle from an animal shelter.
Jennifer Slopez Is Forever Determined To Go Downstairs. Had To Put These Gates For Safety. She Does Not Respond To Verbal Commands Like: Turtle! No
Tortoises Are Good Cuddle Partners Aswell
Baby Tortoises Are God-Like On The Cuteness Scale!!!
Sometimes people come to the realization that they won’t be able to take care of their pet and the best way to act in this case is to contact an animal shelter or animal rescue group. It is forbidden to let them loose thinking that they will be able to take care of themselves back in the wild. This is not allowed as turtles carry diseases and can affect other turtles. Also, very often, letting a turtle out into the wild means that they are not going to make it on their own.
This Turtle Who Loves Getting His Little Tummy Brushed
This Fellow Came To Me On The Beach Today
What Do These Two Do On Another Cold Day? Snuggle Under The Heat Lamp Of Course
In Creed 2 With My Original Buddies From The First Rocky ... Cuff And Link , Now About 46 Years Old
Hiding
I Found My Tortoise Like This. Putting The Clues Together, It Seems He Pooped, Got It Stuck On His Foot, Ran In Circles Trying To Get It Off, And Flipped Over
Welcome To The World Baby Razorback
Happiness Is A Turtle Eating A Slice Of Orange
Fernandina Tortoise, Are Extinct Since 1906, Discovered In An Expedition. She Was Hiding In The Brush Of A Volcano, And Identified By The Look Of Her Shell And Face
That Wasn't Expected
Guy In Tokyo Taking His Pet Tortoise For A Walk
Neighbor's Tortoise Escaped And Walked Almost A Street Away. At Around 250 Pounds, This Was Their Solution To Get Her Home
Harvey's 13th Birthday
Well This Is A First. Couldn’t Find Our Little Man Anywhere, Then We Saw Ralph Basking With Our Two Tortoises
We Were Able To Release 170 Hatchlings Today In One Of Our Locations
It is always a calming and satisfying feeling releasing the hatchlings back to where they eggs were laid. All that hard work in the beating sun, watching the females trek through the summer heat, flies, dangerous traffic, predators, and human encroachment... all for the sake of these hatchlings to make it back to the water.
Not Sure If You Think Turtles Are Cute But Squirtle Wanted To Say Hi
Dad: If We Get A Tortoise I'm Not Looking After It. Also Dad: Get Comfy, Hector, And Let Me Show You Pictures Of Your Brethren
Franklin Met A New Friend Today
Ever Seen A Bucket Of Baby Sea Turtles? Got To Release Them Last Night Into The Ocean
The turtle in the first picture looks like they're gonna karate chop you
He Do Be Gamin Doe
Extremely Rare Albino Turtle Was Found In India And It Looks Like A Slice Of Melted Cheese
My Tortoise Going On His Daily Prowl
Turtle On Top A Dog's Head
Olive The Turtle
Rest In Peace My Loving Turtle. After 15 Years Of Loving You, Saving You From The Street, Old Age Took Hold. Goodbye, Olive.
I'm Training My 30+ Yrs Old Turtle To Be My Flower Girl At The Wedding. This Will Not End Well
A Baby Turtle Tucked Away In Its Shell
The Happiest Turtle Ever
Someone Has To Protecc Turtles
My Dad Keeps Turtles. I Started The Training. Soon I'll Have My Own Personal Bodyguards
Watching My Girlfriend's Tortoise While She's On Vacation. She Told Me To Keep Him Out Of Trouble
My Tortoise Likes To Spread His Legs While Eating
Bonnie And Clyde Are Two Very Different Turtles In The Morning
Gorgeous Baby Turtle With Bright Orange Tummy And Shell
Gotta Warm Up That Bum, Honestly Could She Get Any Cuter??
Took My Tortoise On A Bike Ride Today And Blew His Tiny Little Mind
He thinks that he is zooming incredibly fast. Even if you are going slow.:)
This Baby Turtle Floating Around On A Slice Of Bread
My Local Hardware Store Has A Pet Turtle That Wanders The Store Early In The Am
My Tortoise Trying To Eat A Bolt
Adorable Turtle
Turtles Can Be Cute, Too
My Uncle's 56 Year Old Tortoise He Inherited From My Grandparents
Super Funny Turtle
Stormageddon: Dark Lord Of All, The African Side-Neck Turtle
This is Stormageddon: Dark Lord of All. She’s an African Side-neck Turtle! I rescued her about 16 months ago from really bad living conditions. She was two years old when I got her, and she didn’t know how to swim, didn’t know how to use her swim bladder, didn’t have an appetite for close to 3 months! We had a few trips to the vet, a near drowning that left me sleeping by her tank the whole night to keep an eye on her till morning, different vitamin injections, and a good ol dose of extra warm water in her tank ❤️ And about 4 months after adopting her, she’s ravenous when she eats, she swims like a champ (although the guppies in her tank still regularly out swim her), she’s SO energetic and playful in the water. She doesn’t like being outside of the water and is very nervous outside of it (which is one of the nuts things because where she was living for 2 years before me was in 2 inches of dirty water in a 10 gal tank 😬). Her previous owners claimed she just didn’t like swimming that much! She’s definitely a water baby. Anyway, I’m so extremely proud of her and how far she’s come, and she’s so sweet and so beautiful I really just wanted to share a little bit about her and show everyone this picture that I hope puts a smile on your faces! ENJOY! 🐢
Turtles Have Exceptional Color Vision. They See More Shades Of Red, Which Might Be Why This One’s Mistaking A Blue Jean For A Blueberry
Friendship Goals
Pup Just Met His First Box Turtle, That’s Adorable
This Is Fred. Fred Is 21 Years Old And Lives At Petland In Orlando Florida
My 1 Day Old Tortoise Caught Mid-Yawn
My 8 Year Old Tortoise Just Woke Up From Hibernation. First Meal Of 2019
Artist Crochets Adorable Tortoise Cozies
Franklin Wants To Know If This Is Going To Be A Regular Thing. Noodle Says Probably
Noodle is cute, and so is Franklin, and is Franklin named after that show, Franklin the Tortoise
The Size Difference Between A Full Grown And A Newborn Galapagos Tortoise
Tucker The Turtle Eating A Juicy Strawberry Turtles May Not Be A Cat Or Dog But He Is Amazing And Cute To Me
Boys Can Rock A Flower Crown On The Beach Too
This Tiny Fellow Is The First Offspring For Some Critically Endangered Spider Tortoises From Madagascar. His Genetics Are Important, And He Is So Cute!
I Got A Baby Sulcata Tortoise Today
Have You Got Any Games On Your Phone?
I Hope I’m Not The Only One Who Finds This Little Snapping Turtle We Found In Our Neighbours Garden Today Cute As All Hell?
Me When I'm In Exams Period
My Turtle Doin My Taxes For Me
My Baby Turtle, Opie
Cute Leopard Tortoise
My Grandma Didn’t Want Me To Get A Tortoise. I Come Home And My Tortise Is Wearing A Watermelon Sweater
This Is My Turtle, Aura. Besides All Looks, She Is Not A Hatchling, I’ve Had Her For 2 Years
Today I Released Baby Sea Turtles On Sumba Island. Thought This Pic Was Epic
Baby Turtle Hiding Behind Val
What An African Helmeted Turtle Looks Like
Happy To Be Born
Diamond Back Terrapin Baby Turtle
Stumbled Across This Little Guy Walking Across My Lawn
Cute Grape With A Turtle For Scale
I Get To Work With Some Pretty Cute Box Turtles
This Teeny Tiny Baby Turtle
Move Over Baby Yoda... Pink Turtle Has Arrived
This Is My Turtle. Thought I’d Show You Guys This Cute Picture
A Very Rare Blue Eyed Box Turtle
I Made A Turtle Stack While She Was Out For A Walk
Food Service Has Been Good Lately! Keep It Up My Servant Lady!
I Just Learned That A Group Of Turtles Can Be Referred To As A Bale... So Here's A Bale Of Baby Albino Turtles
27 Little Baby Turtles
My Cute Red-Footed Tortoise Dixie Acting Like Bulbasaur
What You Got In There?
Meet My Friends Turtle, Squirt
Found A Baby Snapping Turtle At The Park Today
Found A Picture Of My Old Turtle... Forgot How Cute He Was
Yes, I Still Sleep With My Teddy Bear. Don’t Judge Me
Family Of Tortoises Enjoying Breakfast
Researchers Estimate One In Every 100,000 Turtle Hatchlings Is Albino. Here You Have Two Siblings
I Work At A Zoo, And Today A 500lb Tortoise Tried To Escape
Tiny Turtle (Coin For Scale)
Fact: This Little Guy (Or Girl) Is Adorable
Pocket Turtle
I Watched An Eastern Painted Turtle Dig A Nest And Lay 5 Eggs By My Apartment
Wow! That is not something you see every day — maybe not even more than once in a lifetime
I Found A Tiny Baby Turtle Today. Best Day Ever
Chin Scritches Please
Meet Jonathan. The 187-Year-Old Tortoise Photographed In 1886 And Today
I Know It's Not A Kitten... But... Aww
Yummy
Albino Leatherback Sea Turtle Baby
We Monitor Sea Turtle Nests For The State And Sometimes We Find Baby Sea Turtles That Didn't Escape The Nests. We Release Them To Give Them Another Shot At Life
The Burmese Star Tortoise, Named For Its Star Patterned Shell, Is Returning From Near Extinction
Going For A Walk
If Your Presents Arrived Late, It’s Because Santa’s Helpers Are A Little Slower Than Normal
Found A Baby Snapping Turtle Walking Across My Driveway
My Turtle Sometimes Dips A Foot In The Water When Basking, So Cute!
Well Hello There Guys
Beware Of The Tortoise
This Turtle Is Sitting Like A Dog
My Russian Gaming Tortoise
Four Years Ago, My Wife Rescued A Baby Snapping Turtle From A Busy Street. Snap Has Became Our Really Sweet Pet. The Top Pic Is From Day One, And The Bottom Is Her Last Fall!
My Friends Tortoise With His Cardigan On
Baby Turtles Are Literally The Cutest Thing Ever
In Isolation But We're Together, And That's All That Matters Right Now. My Daughter Wanted To Show Off Her New Baby Turtle She Found In Our Yard
Look At Him Go! *waving Back*
We All Got Lessons To Learn
Cop Tortoise: We have you surrounded. You have nowhere to go. Fugitive Tortoise hides in shell. Cop Tortoise: !@#$%
Yawning Little Baby
Grumpy Looking Little Fella
This Is Thomas, He Is Last Male Of His Species. He Is 160+ Years Old. He Has Been In My Family For A Few Generations And We've Protected, Cared For Him All This Time
I Made A Paper Hat For My Turtle
My Turtle Turned A Year Old Today
Turtles Can Be Cute Too Right?
If I Could Just
Is My Turtle Cool Looking?
My Pet Tortoise Smiled At Me
The Burmese Star Tortoise Is One Of The Few Animals That Have Comeback From Being Called Functionally Extinct
My Dad Found This Box Turtle Nine Years Ago And Let It Loose In His Yard. He Pops Up Again Every Year In The Spring. Fresh From Hibernation
Waddup
The Very First Hatchling (For Any Species Here) Of 2022 Has Entered The World
This little Burmese star tortoise (Geochelone platynota) made its big debut this morning and is looking incredible, ready to take on life. It is the only baby to hatch from a clutch of eggs that were otherwise infertile. What an absolutely immaculate animal.
Somehow My New Turtle Climbed The Mountain In His Aquarium
Had several red-eared turtles who climbed the steps in my house— never did figure out how, but it was always interesting to discover where they were going
Baby Painted Turtle I Found
Three Months Ago I Watched A Painted Turtle Dig A Nest And Lay 6 Eggs Near My Apartment. All 6 Baby Turtles Are Healthy And Ready To Go To The Pond
I remember your pic of mom digging the nest! Thank you for watching over them!
Tortoise Christmas Sweater. Because My Son Was Upset My Daughter's Kitten Has 2 Sweaters While His Tortoise Had None
This Happy Looking Turtle Visits On Occassion. Gave It A Grape For Being So Cute. Calling It Danklin For Now
My Cute Baby Sulcata Tortoise Sleeping With Its Itty Bitty Feet Outstretched
Not Your Cat Or Dog But Just As Cute! Pandas Meet Timmy Bob The Turtle
Just Got This Turtle For My Birthday, He Looks Soo Cute
Hello Baby Turtle, Are You Hungry?
Simply Adorable
I Hear You Like Cute Things. Here's Our Baby Sulcata Tortoise, Koopa
Baby Herman’s Tortoise
A Moss Covered Turtle Shell
This sort of thing must be where the myths of the world being carried on the back of a turtle come from.
An Orange Turtle Found In The Vietnamese Jungle
Snug As A Bug In A Rug
Turtle Pog
Found A Baby Turtle At Work Today
Went Hiking A While Ago And Found A Baby Turtle In The Middle Of The Path. It Was So Small I Almost Missed It (Fingers For Scale)
Baby Sea Turtle's First Swim As It Just Hatched On This Populated Beach In Miami
These Baby Turtles Just Hatched In My Yard!
Well, Here Is A Grumpy, Baby Box Turtle I Found
Are Turtles Cute? Meet Frodo
Excuse Me, There Seems To Be A Mistake. I Believe I Ordered The *small* Cappuccino. Look At The Size Of This Thing
World, Meet “Turbo”. She’s 30+, Very Grumpy And Pees On Anyone Who Looks At Her Wrong. I Love Her
McCord's Snakeneck Turtle
Found A Little Softshell Turtle At The Lake Today
Scrub A Dub Dub It's A Tortoise In A Tub
What?? Call Mommy Is She Gonna Feed Me Or Not Huh?
Cute Little Leopard Tortoise Moved From A Busy Street It Was Crossing To A More Suitable Environment
Got A Pink Bellied Turtle To Accompany My Common Musk A Couple Days Ago. First Time I See Them Together
The African Helmeted Turtle, Also Known Commonly As The Marsh Terrapin, The Crocodile Turtle, Or In The Pet Trade As The African Side-Necked Turtle
I'm A 40 Y/O Man And I've Had My Pet Turtle Since I Was 11. This Is Slider
Someone On Dressed Their Turtle Up Like Blastoise
Baby It's Cold Outside
Merry Christmas
My Dad Built An Outdoor House With A Window For His Tortoise
Majestic Baby Loggerhead Turtle
Spotted This Baby Turtle Near Campus
One Of My Endangered Blanding's Turtles Emydoidea Blandingii Taking Her First Breath In My Fingers
Awwwww. One of my favorite turtles. There's a pond near me that's an oasis for these guys. I've never seen them anywhere else in the wild.
Cute Turtle Sleeping
Bojack My 44 Year Old Rescue Horsefield Says Good Morning
Small Turtle
Happy 4th Of July
Ahhhhhh please get it right. Generally Turtles have flippers, Tortoises claws and Terrapins have attitude.
A British Gas repairman stole my tortoise when I was around 14yo. I'm still not happy about that, I'd had him since I was in nursery school. BG didn't want to know.
Ahhhhhh please get it right. Generally Turtles have flippers, Tortoises claws and Terrapins have attitude.
A British Gas repairman stole my tortoise when I was around 14yo. I'm still not happy about that, I'd had him since I was in nursery school. BG didn't want to know.