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Turtle Mania

Leatherback, murray river, matama
Hawksbill, common musk and spiny soft shell.
Loggerhead, Atlantic green, alligator snapping
Turtles are we, in every country we dwell.

The largest sea turtle reaches eight hundred pounds.
A leatherback whose love for jellyfish abounds.
Alligator snapping is one fourth of leatherback’s weight
Uses pink fleshy flap of lower jaw for bait.

The difference in turtles fascinates me.
I can picture the loggerheads running to the sea.
No matter what country you decide to make your home
There is a turtle close by, even if it is in this poem.

Copyright © Caren Krutsinger | Year Posted 2019

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Andrea Dietrich Date: 11/17/2019 1:35:00 PM very cute ending, relating turtle to poetry! I enjoy your cleverness, Caren. Login to Reply Caren Krutsinger Date: 11/18/2019 4:48:00 AM Thank you Andrea.

Regina Mcintosh Date: 11/17/2019 6:03:00 AM Wonderfully done, dear Caren. Love and prayers for you, Gina Login to Reply Caren Krutsinger Date: 11/18/2019 4:48:00 AM Love and prayers back to you Gina.

Silent One Date: 11/17/2019 6:00:00 AM Thank you for the lesson about turtles... my favourite turtles the ninja mutant ones... lol.. just kidding.. Login to Reply Caren Krutsinger Date: 11/18/2019 4:51:00 AM I watched a show about the Ninja Mutant Turtles yesterday!

Demetrios Trifiatis Date: 11/17/2019 5:28:00 AM Fascinating poem for these lovable animals dear, Caren! Login to Reply Caren Krutsinger Date: 11/18/2019 4:51:00 AM Thank you Demetrios.

Eve Roper Date: 11/16/2019 10:10:00 PM Good one Caren, once in a while you'll see one walking down the road.. Login to Reply Caren Krutsinger Date: 11/17/2019 4:54:00 AM I see them all the time in my yard.

Na Na Date: 11/16/2019 8:00:00 PM Delightful Poem Caren. I admire the African Helmeted and the Red Bellied Short Neck. They are very adorable creatures. Thanks for sharing this Login to Reply Caren Krutsinger Date: 11/17/2019 4:54:00 AM Thank you Gregory. I am going to have to look those two up.

Sandra Adams Date: 11/16/2019 7:03:00 PM during a hurricane, the floods were pretty bad and a turtle was walking down the highway...i thought i would be nice and rescue him, take him home, put him in my trunk and set him free at the pond, he was huge so i lifted him by his tail and stuck him in the trunk, good thing i guess, he was a snapping turtle and i had a hard time getting him back out of my trunk...never rescued another again...good write, enjoyed~ hugs Login to Reply Caren Krutsinger Date: 11/17/2019 4:56:00 AM Sandra, I did the same thing once. Stopped my car in the middle of a road, and tried to pick up a LARGE turtle that looked much smaller from my car. He began snapping at me and I dropped him, had to figure out how to turn him over without being bitten, and it was not easy. He went straight back to the road after I got him safely to the grass.