Beauty or Beast?

IraRunyanIraRunyan Registered Users Posts: 1,013 Major grins
edited May 7, 2011 in Wildlife
When it comes to a Softshell Turtle, the question of it being a beauty or a ugly beast is an individual decision.

What do you think? .......

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  • PGMPGM Registered Users Posts: 2,007 Major grins
    edited May 2, 2011
    Ira, I have to say, this is one of the weirdest looking creatures I've ever seen, and you captured it in great detail! I don't think I'm leaning towards beauty exactly--it would look at home in the Star Wars bar, if you remember that scene. Thanks for posting! Best, Pam
  • RustyJBRustyJB Registered Users Posts: 69 Big grins
    edited May 2, 2011
    great shots, i caught several of these when i lived in Arkansas as a kid, those and the Alligator Snapping Turtles
  • peargrinpeargrin Registered Users Posts: 191 Major grins
    edited May 2, 2011
    Reminds me of a great old French saying: "It's so ugly, it's beautiful!" Wonderful, very unusual creature!
  • tsk1979tsk1979 Registered Users Posts: 937 Major grins
    edited May 3, 2011
    For a moment I thought somebody did experiments on a frog.
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  • MikeAldrichMikeAldrich Registered Users Posts: 145 Major grins
    edited May 4, 2011
    What a wild looking turtle. Love the first one, great comp, colors and sharpness! I think he is quite beautiful, majestic even!
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  • jwearjwear Registered Users Posts: 8,013 Major grins
    edited May 4, 2011
    sort of looks like a politician headscratch.gifhuh on a good day :D
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  • LindiweLindiwe Registered Users Posts: 606 Major grins
    edited May 5, 2011
    Okay, that has -got- to be the weirdest looking critter I have ever seen. It even has warthogs beat, in the beauty stakes. Do all Softshell Turtles look like they need a diet and exercise program, or is it just this specimen that has been over-indulging in whatever turtles eat?

    I absolutely love the first image, though. The composition is pretty much perfect.

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  • IcebearIcebear Registered Users Posts: 4,015 Major grins
    edited May 5, 2011
    Nah . . . no question. Only Charles Darwin (and maybe its mother) could call this butt-ugly critter beautiful :D.
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  • Bryce WilsonBryce Wilson Registered Users Posts: 1,586 Major grins
    edited May 5, 2011
    Spectacular captures.

    Kind of reminds me of a cross between Jabba The Hutt and Rosanne Barr.
  • GaleGale Registered Users Posts: 1,052 Major grins
    edited May 5, 2011
    Pig face....lolol
    Good shots though
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  • Dennis KaczorDennis Kaczor Registered Users Posts: 2,413 Major grins
    edited May 6, 2011
    I would just say that this is a weird look on this turtle, nice ugly captures grin...
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  • IraRunyanIraRunyan Registered Users Posts: 1,013 Major grins
    edited May 7, 2011
    Lindiwe wrote: »
    Okay, that has -got- to be the weirdest looking critter I have ever seen. It even has warthogs beat, in the beauty stakes. Do all Softshell Turtles look like they need a diet and exercise program, or is it just this specimen that has been over-indulging in whatever turtles eat?

    I absolutely love the first image, though. The composition is pretty much perfect.

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    It is turtle nesting season here in Florida, and this is a female about 24" long coming out of the water to dig a nest. They all look fat when they are this big.
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited May 7, 2011
    Excellent captures of a very interesting subject.
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