{"id":4702,"date":"2001-01-13T12:31:23","date_gmt":"2001-01-13T17:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=4702"},"modified":"2010-03-03T12:52:38","modified_gmt":"2010-03-03T17:52:38","slug":"terrapin-remains-discovered-on-fox-island-13-january-2001","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=4702","title":{"rendered":"Terrapin Remains Discovered On Fox Island &#8212; 13 January 2001"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/01-13-1-480.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4703\" title=\"01-13-1 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/01-13-1-480.jpg\" alt=\"01-13-1 480\" width=\"480\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/01-13-1-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/01-13-1-480-300x203.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><strong><em>Wellfleet&#8217;s Fox Island Surrounded by Icy Flood Tide<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At mid-tide today, summer residents, retreating to the end of the universe for a weekend break from the mainland bustle, found the remains of a six-year-old diamondback terrapin on Indian Neck\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Fox Island.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/01-13-2-480.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4704\" title=\"01-13-2 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/01-13-2-480.jpg\" alt=\"01-13-2 480\" width=\"480\" height=\"381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/01-13-2-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/01-13-2-480-300x238.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><strong><em>Male Terrapin Carcass Resting on Icy Marsh<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\">They found the turtle near the center of the island in the north quadrant, fairly deep into the interior and quite distant from the high water line.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/01-13-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4705 aligncenter\" title=\"01-13-3\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/01-13-3.jpg\" alt=\"01-13-3\" width=\"388\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/01-13-3.jpg 388w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/01-13-3-242x300.jpg 242w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 388px) 100vw, 388px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><strong><em>Dead 10 cm Male Terrapin<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\">This mature male measured 10 centimeters carapace length and 8.25 centimeters plastron.\u00c2\u00a0 He still sported clearly visible annual growth lines.\u00c2\u00a0 While decomposed and desiccated, there were no tooth marks nor scratches to indicate predation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wellfleet&#8217;s Fox Island Surrounded by Icy Flood Tide At mid-tide today, summer residents, retreating to the end of the universe for a weekend break from the mainland bustle, found the remains of a six-year-old diamondback terrapin on Indian Neck\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Fox Island. 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