Sublime and Beautiful Sunday Turtles and a Jackal
Sublime and Beautiful Sunday Turtles and a Jackal
Good Morning Happy Sunday and I hope your weekend is going well
This post is for #SublimeSunday is inspired by @c0ff33a and #BeautifulSunday is initiated by @ace108.
And for this week I am sharing a couple of things I saw on recent walks which I have not often seen in the spots I saw them then I took these photos which I think fits the sublime Sunday challenge and also believe they are beautiful so I checked the bases for them fitting into this post.
Starting with this Tortoise which I saw by the Pond in Buttonwood Park, I have seen them in the stream beside the pond before but never at the side of the pond and saw two of them on different visits to the pond recently
Sony A7iv 387mm F6.3 1/320 Sec ISO 4000
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Now this is the first of two times in this post when what I took the photo of I thought was one thing, in this case a Turtle but on doing a google search I found out it is a Tortoise.
What is a tortoise anyway?
Is it just a fancy way to say “turtle”? Well, actually, there’s a meaningful difference between tortoises and other turtles. All tortoises are in fact turtles—that is, they belong to the order Testudines or Chelonia, reptiles having bodies encased in a bony shell—but not all turtles are tortoises. If tortoises are turtles, why not just call all turtlelike creatures “turtle”? Because if the animal you’re referring to is a tortoise, some wise guy is going to correct you every time.
The most important thing to remember about tortoises is that they are exclusively land creatures. They live in a variety of habitats, from deserts to wet tropical forests. (Unlike most sea turtles, which take to land only when they are laying eggs, tortoises don’t have much to do with water other than drinking it and occasionally bathing in it.) However, not all land turtles are tortoises; thus, box turtles and wood turtles have been called tortoises, though they are not considered tortoises today. so I Learnt something knew today while preparing this post :)
Sony A7iv 245mm F6.3 1/200 Sec ISO 1600
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this one was sitting in an area beside the Warming house and popular for ducks and geese, and people who come to watch or feed them
Sony A7iv 250mm F6.3 1/200 Sec ISO 2000
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and this one was on another day at the other side of the pond
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On another morning I was walking along West Beach hoping for some birds to fly by when this fellow came running along the beach
Sony A7iv 362mm F6.3 1/3200 Sec ISO 2000
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Now my first thought was that it was a fox, but again when I did a google Image search I found it was a Jackal, and I felt a bit foolish, but when showed this photo to a coupel of friends they also thought it was a fox
Sony A7iv 323mm F6.3 1/3200 Sec ISO 2500
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He headed along the beach and then up and over the Hurricane Barrier wall into a fairly built up area, hope he managed to find his way out and back to some woods
Sony A7iv 241mm F6.3 1/3200 Sec ISO 2000
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And that’s all folks
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Nice wildlife photos 👍 I don't want to get into the turtle vs tortoise debate but I would go with coyote on the last few shots.
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It's quite difficult to different a tortoise and a turtle for me, except that one's a land animal and the other is not. The shell is looking really silky, despite being serrated at the back. Beautiful pictures.
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How much smaller is the jackal compared to a coyote? At first glance they look the same to me.
We were taught at school a tortoise is more dry land, turtle enjoys the water, nothing in life ever cut and dried.
That sure looks like the Black Backed Jackal at a glance would be interesting to know, legs and height look a bit longer than the fox to my knowledge.
Superb nature photography captures!
I love the nature of the picture
Love your vids Blake you're so inspiring to me thanks for the awesome photography ❤
Awesome photos! Is it frequent to spot jackals there?
thanks and no this is the first time I have seen one
Glad you had your camera with you!
That's too cute.. I saw tortoise too this after while wandering at the park.. ☺️
cool :)
You have clicked amazing pictures. I just got sony camera and kind of enjoying it
Thanks, which one did you get?
I got sony a7iii
I have one of those and love it
im exploring
I'm that is no turtle and more of a tortoise. 😎
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your photos are beautiful, excellent work colleague 📸❤❤❤
I'm so torn. I want to say that it looks more like a wold, with the lack of a white chest that foxes normally have... but, now, I just don't know.
I to thought it was a fox, but I am no expert on this well and on many things LOL