Flowers and a tortoise: just a few random shots from today.

ocalhoun

First of all, how about a shot of the endangered gopher tortoise. I didn't know that they even lived in Mississippi:

Some tiny, fiery red flowers for you:

And the best for last; A nice macro of some purple flowers:

Ghost900

That looks like a big turtle, what is its size?

Nice flower pictures, the third one is really nice. Very Happy

ocalhoun

^Its about a foot long, I'd guess. I think they're the only kind of turtle or tortoise that digs burrows (hence the name).

legion

Nice to see one. We haven't turtles here Sad

dickyzin

Is that a tortoise or a turtle? Thought tortoises were much bigger.

ocalhoun

dickyzin

Maybe I'm thinking about the giant tortoises with pointy shells.