Here are excerpts from a recent conversation: Q. How did you get interested in turtles?

Head can easily be above or below water: this is a slow but very sustainable stroke, common in turtles and newts.

E. coli bacteria have also been found in fish and turtles.

Found a conspiracy site that is so far down the rabbit hole they must be up to their necks in turtles.

The yellow lines on the neck are a good field marker, and often can be seen from above in swimming turtles.

"I looked in the window but I'm not so interested in hamsters and turtles."

Their main source of currency until recently came from trade in monkeys and turtles, a traditional occupation that is technically illegal.

Very rare in turtles where the gender of developing embryos are usually determined by environmental temperatures.

After the turtle incident, Father got so interested in turtles that he stopped working on the atom bomb.

Its function appears to be similar to those in marine turtles.