Within the diamondback terrapin world view, if the turtle can’t see you, then you can’t see the turtle. So, as long as the terrapin pokes its head deep into a seaweed clump and can’t see a thing, then it must be invisible. Blind equals invisible.
Terrapin Hides in Grassy Bottom of Chipman’s Cove
Who said that turtles are slow? Try to keep up with this diamondback terrapin racing through salt marsh and seaweed along the Chipman’s Cove shoreline.
Terrapin Demonstrates Speed & Agility in Chipman’s Cove
It’s late April and a few terrapins from the northernmost population are beginning to stir in Chipman’s Cove. These two females were captured for post-brumation data sampling and are being released back into Wellfleet Bay.
First Captured Terrapins Return to Chipman’s Cove in Late April
In the sudden salt marsh dieback area off Loagy Bay in South Wellfleet, we observed the nocturnal squareback marsh crab harvesting Spartina patens grass. The density of SBMCs in this dieback area was extraordinary.
Squareback Marsh Crab Documented Harvesting Spartina patens
A vulnerable razor clam on a low tide drained sand bar off Lieutenant Island tunnels for safety.
Razor Clam Burrows Under Tidal Flats