It’s not all rose petals and bubbles in the world of the red-eared turtles, at the bottom of the pond…
Central Park, New York City
June 17th, 2018
Tag: turtle pond
Smaller bites
Feed them if you must, but tread carefully! Feeding turtles in the mouth is a very bad idea…
It isn’t clearly visible in the photo (low resolution), but there is quite a lot of blood dripping from the man’s finger; he’s just been bitten by the turtle who -surprise- mistook it for food. Totally unintentional but no less painful! 
The man didn’t seem to mind too much but I silently hoped, for his sake, that he would look into some tetanus shots possibilities…
Adventures @ The Turtle Pond, Central Park
June 24th, 2017
The Humble Fabulist 