Turtle dove

Until some weeks ago, my partner and I owned two young water turtles. Not as large as this baby, but already quite impressive. Unfortunately, we had to bring them to the 'Turtle Reception Center'. There they can hibernate and, in Summer, swim and grow in a huge pond.

Water turtles have no teeth, but you can still loose a finger when taking them out of the aquarium! When you pick up a water turtle, it should seek for safety in its shield. One of our turtles did. The other seemed to be playing 'Exorcist'. I do not know if you have seen this movie, so let me put it this way: it tried to turn its head 180 degrees to enable biting.

We used to laugh about that (in a more and more shaky way) until we held out a towel and saw the turtle set its ... uhm... well.... jaws in it. We could have walked for hours with that towel and turtle!

To human beings, a good set of (if necessary, false) teeth are crucial. We need them for apples, but also for smiling and even for just talking. Our friends the turtles seem to manage fine without them!