Box turtle digestive systems are very slow and they actually benefit from the help of round worms to move food through their digestive tract. It only becomes a problem when the turtle is in prolonged stress or health problems weaken it to the extent the worms presence can overwhelm the turtle and rob it of nutrients it needs in its weakened state.
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN — A pregnant turtle needs your help to find her way home. An Eastern box turtle, estimated to be about 10 years old, was left at a drop off area at Red Creek Wildlife Center in Wayne ...
MSN: Watch a weak turtle and dog finally feel safe in their new shelter
Watch a weak turtle and dog finally feel safe in their new shelter
KMBC Kansas City: Endangered rescue sea turtle flown across country to new home at SEA LIFE Kansas City
Endangered rescue sea turtle flown across country to new home at SEA LIFE Kansas City
Volusia Turtle Patrol says sea turtle rescues are up this year after a February cold snap left many turtles weak and struggling along Florida beaches. One volunteer said they rescued 20 sea turtles in ...
turtle, a reptile [1] of the order Chelonia, with strong, beaked, toothless jaws and, usually, an armorlike shell. The shell normally consists of bony plates overlaid with horny shields.
Little Turtle Born 1752 (Whitley County, Indiana) Died (Fort Wayne, Indiana) Miami tribal leader Little Turtle was a distinguished war chief of the Miami tribe of Native Americans in the Great Lakes region in the late eighteenth century. He was one of the most successful woodland military commanders of his time and led an intertribal force to victory against two American frontier ...