Btw They aren’t dead, just in a kind of hibernation state called brumation. Slowed breathing and heart rate or no breathing at all. They can do that for months in the ice.
CourageSea7922 on
I can’t tell if this one is of the teenage ninja variety…
Bladesensie on
Nature’s version of cryo sleep, cool
HugoZHackenbush2 on
Phew..thankfully it’s hibernation, so it’s not a turtle disaster..
HigbynFelton on
Thanks for disturbing them for some likes.
Environmental-Ball24 on
DoctorRascal on
I’m guessing this was a very early freeze. Turtles dig into the mud for the winter
Puzzleheaded-Site979 on
Bro is looking quite cool down there 😎
Crypto_Reaper623 on
Nature is so badass!
ReadditMan on
Fun Fact: during brumation, turtles absorb oxygen from the water using blood vessels in the cloaca.
This is exactly how I leave my turtles when I go on vacation.
ApprehensiveReply596 on
Where do you go to _hibernate_ ?
fightgodndieweird on
Imagine falling through ice into Snapping Turtle Pond. And all the snappers are extra pissed because they were napping before you came crashing through their roof.
Ok_Acanthisitta_2588 on
Aye, there’s the rub!
NotElongTusk on
First turtle looks like is under water that is no more than 1ft deep
Fractious_Chifforobe on
I was once skating on ice that clear and I saw something move under the ice so I looped around and it was a turtle swimming. One of the most amazing things I’ve ever seen, mainly bc I had never imagined that turtles did anything but burrow into mud come winter.
JimLaheyNS on
RESCUE IT!!!
GeezerEbaneezer on
Freezing
Can’t move at all
Screaming
Can’t hear my call
I am dying to live
Cry out
I’m trapped under ice
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Btw They aren’t dead, just in a kind of hibernation state called brumation. Slowed breathing and heart rate or no breathing at all. They can do that for months in the ice.
I can’t tell if this one is of the teenage ninja variety…
Nature’s version of cryo sleep, cool
Phew..thankfully it’s hibernation, so it’s not a turtle disaster..
Thanks for disturbing them for some likes.
I’m guessing this was a very early freeze. Turtles dig into the mud for the winter
Bro is looking quite cool down there 😎
Nature is so badass!
Fun Fact: during brumation, turtles absorb oxygen from the water using blood vessels in the cloaca.
Basically, they breathe through their butts.
Alligators do this too,
https://preview.redd.it/5mf8tbcf7krf1.png?width=640&format=png&auto=webp&s=726e26466d694606a3ba2d21a2df486422e385fc
Free turtles
I doubt that ice reaches the turtles
Is there a chance it could be alive?
This is exactly how I leave my turtles when I go on vacation.
Where do you go to _hibernate_ ?
Imagine falling through ice into Snapping Turtle Pond. And all the snappers are extra pissed because they were napping before you came crashing through their roof.
Aye, there’s the rub!
First turtle looks like is under water that is no more than 1ft deep
I was once skating on ice that clear and I saw something move under the ice so I looped around and it was a turtle swimming. One of the most amazing things I’ve ever seen, mainly bc I had never imagined that turtles did anything but burrow into mud come winter.
RESCUE IT!!!
Freezing
Can’t move at all
Screaming
Can’t hear my call
I am dying to live
Cry out
I’m trapped under ice
Damn that’s cool!
Oh lord a snappin turlull