Western Pond Turtle Underwater Video

Pond Turtle Video #2
Clemmys marmorata

This is the same pond turtle that was in the first video. It spent about five minutes underwater and surfaced again to breathe and look around. When the sun us shining, they will come out to bask on rocks. The warmth of the sun warms them up. They are known as exothermic animals, or "cold-blooded." Animals like this need the sun to warm them as they cannot make their own body heat. Their behavior is what keeps them warm. For example, the behavior of basking on rocks on warm days.

The claws on the feet of this turtle help it to climb out of the water and cling to steep rock faces to get the sun's warmth. The still photos on the Turtle Photos page show this.

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