r/Tennessee • u/Loophone1 • 8d ago

Taken in Kingston, I’ve never seen turtles do stuff like this so neatly

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u/TemetNosce 8d ago

Turtles always do this = "sunning" on a log. They are getting their shells warm by sitting on a log. They can quickly escape predators by simply falling off the log, into the water. "Turtles on a log", Utube link, many videos.

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u/Korver360windmill 8d ago

I caught this one in Chattanooga earlier this year!

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u/ghandi253 7d ago

How have you never seen this before?

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u/JustWow52 8d ago

Shout out to a Kingstonian, from someone who grew up there and only gets to visit now!

<3

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u/WillzyxandOnandOn 8d ago

Classic turtle boat

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u/PaulMall3rd 8d ago

Nothing new, drive by some TVA swimming areas and watch the kids do the SAME EXACT thing with the pipes floating. Who doesn't enjoy being in the middle of the water and rising above it to relax?

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u/Fan_of_Clio 7d ago

Turtles only do this in the Volunteer State when they have a guard bird

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u/opie1coc 7d ago

You need to get outside more

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u/ComputerRedneck 8d ago

It is more fun when it is snapping turtles doing it...

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u/EntrepreneurTop8382 8d ago

There’s a few soft shelled biggies in that area the size of umbrellas, often mistaken for boulders

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u/glodiegirl 7d ago

They are sunning.

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u/Knocksveal 5d ago

They actually are quite into orders if you’ve heard about it’s turtles all the way down.