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A turtle in a pond pokes its head out of the water

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Troy Gipps/MassWildlife

Date Shot/Created

05/26/2022

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Headstarted northern red-bellied cooters are more likely to survive in the wild than those that don't go through the program.

Ecosystem

Wetland

Species

Pseudemys rubriventris

Subject tags

Reptiles

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