Ring-necked dove (Cape turtle dove) (half-collared dove), (Streptopelia capicola), Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

Black river turtle (Rhinoclemmys funerea), Limon, Costa Rica, Central America

River Cooter, Pseudemys concinna floridana, Florida, USA

Yellow-spotted river turtles (Podocnemis unifilis), Lake Sandoval, Tambopata National Reserve near Puerto Maldonado, Peru, South America

A Peninsula Cooter turtle (Pseudemys peninsularis) looking up and positioned on the sandy bottom of the Morrison Springs cavern at 80 feet deep in the fresh clearwaters of the State Park near Red Bay, Florida.

A Map Turtle (Graptemys geographica) surfaces for air in the clear blue waters of Morrison Springs, a state park in Northwest Florida. The calm glassy water reflects the bright colors of the turtle with it's head above the surface but it's body inches below the surface.

A pair of Mesoamerican sliders (Trachemys venusta), on New River near Lamanai, Belize

Red-eared sliders (Trachemys scripta elegans), turtles basking in the sun, San Jose del Cabo, Baja California Sur, Mexico, North America

Three yellow-spotted river turtles (Podocnemis unifilis) on wooden branch on Lake Sandoval, Tambopata National Reserve near Puerto Maldonado, Tambopata Province, Madre de Dios Region, Peru, South America

Yellow-spotted river turtles (Podocnemis unifilis), Lake Sandoval, Tambopata National Reserve near Puerto Maldonado, Peru, South America

A pair of Mesoamerican sliders (Trachemys venusta), on New River near Lamanai, Belize

Yellow-spotted river turtle (Podocnemis unifilis), Lake Sandoval, Tambopata National Reserve near Puerto Maldonado, Peru, South America

Yellow-spotted river turtles (Podocnemis unifilis), Lake Sandoval, Tambopata National Reserve near Puerto Maldonado, Peru, South America

Yellow-spotted Amazon river turtle (Podocnemis unifilis), Lake Sandoval, Tambopata National Reserve, Puerto Maldonado, Madre de Dios, Peru, South America

Mesoamerican slider turtles (Trachemys scripta ornata), River Chagres, Soberania Forest National Park, Gamboa, Panama, Central America

Mongolia. In late early sarangol a flourishing town lived in by some 5,000 soviet-mongol miners. mine been shut down leaving behind ninjas named green pans they wear on their back that make them resemble cartoon ninja turtles. ninjas, income earned from specks of gold clawed from river is a social safety in vast central asian country where more than on in three live below poverty line

Gold rush,ninjas precious metal in a river in sarangol valley, northwest of capital city ulan bator, mongolia. Ninjas named green pans they wear on their backs that make them resemble cartoon ninja turtle

Giant amazon river turtle (Podocnemis expansa), Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, South America

Yellow-spotted amazon river turtle (Podocnemis unifilis), Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, South America

Yellow-spotted amazon river turtle (Podocnemis unifilis), Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, South America

Giant amazon river turtle (Podocnemis expansa), Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, South America

Giant amazon river turtle (Podocnemis expansa), Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, South America

Yellow-spotted amazon river turtle (Podocnemis unifilis), Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, South America

Big headed Amazon river turtle (Podocnemis dumeriliana), preserved species, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, South America

Big headed Amazon river turtle (Podocnemis dumeriliana), preserved species, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, South America

Yellow-spotted amazon river turtle (Podocnemis unifilis), Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, South America

Bronze turtle, mythical creatures, Japanese Garden of Contemplation, Hamilton Gardens on the Waikato River, Hamilton, North Island, New Zealand

Yellow-spotted Amazon River Turtle Podocnemis unifilis Brazil

Head of a Yellow-spotted River Turtle (Port: Tartaruga, Podocnemis unifilis), Amazon Bazin, Brazil

USA, California, Redding, turtle bay, sundial bridge over Sacramento river, USA, California, Redding

USA, California, Redding, turtle bay, sundial bridge over Sacramento river, USA, California, Redding

Yellow-spotted River Turtle on water, Amazonas Brazil

Yellow-spotted River Turtles, Amazonas Brazil

Yellow-spotted River Turtles, Amazonas Brazil