{"id":24005,"date":"2015-09-07T23:19:52","date_gmt":"2015-09-07T22:19:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/?p=24005"},"modified":"2015-09-07T23:19:52","modified_gmt":"2015-09-07T22:19:52","slug":"more-terrapins-at-falmer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/more-terrapins-at-falmer\/","title":{"rendered":"More Terrapins at Falmer"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s about a week since I posted some photos of the local terrapins<\/a>, and another sunny day brought three of them out into the open. Two of them are yellow-bellied sliders, but this first one is a different species (though I’ve no idea what). It’s larger than the other ones, and seemed to have broader rear legs\/feet.<\/p>\n

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Terrapin basking at Falmer Pond<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The yellow-bellieds stayed in the water most of the time, but one of them kept close to the shore (obviously tempted by the warm weather). Much as I don’t like seeing them in the pond for ecological reasons (they are voracious predators), they do make good photographic subjects especially when they stay close to the surface.<\/p>\n

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Yellow-bellied slider terrapin in Falmer Pond<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Camera note: all photos taken with the Canon 7D Mark II and EF 100-400mm f\/4.5-5.6L IS II USM lens.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s about a week since I posted some photos of the local terrapins, and another sunny day brought three of them out into the open. Two of them are yellow-bellied sliders, but this first one is a different species (though I’ve no idea what). It’s larger than the other ones, and seemed to have broader […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[638],"tags":[1189],"class_list":["post-24005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-terrapin","tag-terrapin","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t