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Eastern Painted Turtle

Chrysemys picta picta

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42.3228, -72.5031

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Soaking up the sun for one last time before hibernating. If you zoom all the way in on the Google map you can see the exact log these turtles were basking on. I think that's pretty amazing.

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PublishedOctober 22, 2011

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