{"id":872,"date":"2008-10-08T20:50:43","date_gmt":"2008-10-09T00:50:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=872"},"modified":"2008-10-31T17:50:46","modified_gmt":"2008-10-31T21:50:46","slug":"last-hatchling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=872","title":{"rendered":"Last Hatchling?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>October 8th is late &#8230; very late in the season for diamondback terrapin hatchlings to emerge\u00c2\u00a0in the Great White North.\u00c2\u00a0 Yet, this morning as we walked along a dirt road between salt marsh on the south and rolling dunes to the north, we spotted a fresh set of hatchling tracks slaloming across the white sand.\u00c2\u00a0 The tracks began atop one dune, slipped down slope and then climbed up the next dune immediately adjacent to the roadway.\u00c2\u00a0 We began to follow the track with camera in hand.<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"425\" height=\"350\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/CTiouWe3CRI\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"350\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/CTiouWe3CRI\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/uk.youtube.com\/watch?v=CTiouWe3CRI&amp;fmt=18\" target=\"_blank\">Click Here to View Video in High Quality<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><strong><em>Following the Tracks of a Diamondback Terrapin Hatchling<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The\u00c2\u00a0previous video retraces the tracks in 45 seconds but the hatchling would have taken more than 45 minutes to create them.\u00c2\u00a0 We found this perfect little terrapin resting under a clump of beach grass.\u00c2\u00a0 It\u00c2\u00a0sported an extremely sharp egg tooth and a slight yolk sac remnant.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/last-hatchling-8-oct-08-002-840.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-874\" title=\"last-hatchling-8-oct-08-002-840\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/last-hatchling-8-oct-08-002-840.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/last-hatchling-8-oct-08-002-840.jpg 840w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/last-hatchling-8-oct-08-002-840-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><strong><em>Last 2008 Hatchling Sports Sharp Egg Tooth<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It seemed a bit lethargic in the cool weather, but warmed a bit as it basked on the sun\u00c2\u00a0baked sand.\u00c2\u00a0 Still, after we moved it across the roadway to reduce the chance of an unfortunate accident with vehicular traffic, the terrapin held its position for several minutes before taking a deep breath and venturing into hiding within the nursery marsh.<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"425\" height=\"350\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/duKYDQEjLgo\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"350\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/duKYDQEjLgo\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/uk.youtube.com\/watch?v=duKYDQEjLgo&amp;fmt=18\" target=\"_blank\">Click Here to View Video in High Quality<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><strong><em>Release into the Wild Elicits a Deep Yawn<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If this hatchling proves the last of the year, as is most likely, it certainly\u00c2\u00a0wrote a wonderful punctuation mark\u00c2\u00a0on the 2008 field season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 8th is late &#8230; 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