Diamondback Terrapin Released to South River, Maryland

After "headstarting" this terp over the winter (2009/2010), I finally let him go into the wild. I found him on the shore of Baltimore's Inner Harbor in October, with half of his shell depressed. When they're young, their shells are soft, so after a couple weeks, it grew back to the right shape. I'm guessing he's about 9 months old at the time of this filming, and the shell is about the size of an adult man's palm.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• terp
• terrapin
• turtle
• south river

[ChrisMatt53]

I found him injured on a shore in Maryland. Terrapins live up and down the east coast, and in the Gulf of Mexico.

[TheCarvingman]

how you get him?

[TheCarvingman]

i thought Maryland is to cold for this Diamondback Terrapin =-*