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Matt Harris Senior Member Joined: 03 Jun 2003 No. of posts: 196  View other posts by Matt Harris |
Posted: 15 Jun 2005 Don't know whether this smoothie has a disease or whether she's bunged up with eggs. 
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B Lewis Krag Committee Joined: 24 Aug 2004 No. of posts: 146  View other posts by B Lewis |
Posted: 15 Jun 2005 Hi Matt, She looks really egg bound to me, but what can I say.. WOW!! Lewis Ecology Brett Lewis Photography Kent Reptile & Amphibian Group DICE - University of Kent |
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Mick Member Joined: 10 Jun 2005 No. of posts: 184 View other posts by Mick |
Posted: 17 Jun 2005 I presume ones like that are well matured ol' girls & each year among the females in my pond there's usually several very plump, egg laden female Smooths, but blimey, they're never THAT plump!! Be interesting to be kept informed if this poor ol' girl manages to get that lot out! She doesn't look quite right to me though, so i hope she'll survive & be okay. Looks like she could populate a lake! |
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Matt Harris Senior Member Joined: 03 Jun 2003 No. of posts: 196 View other posts by Matt Harris |
Posted: 20 Jun 2005 She was netted in a small school pond that had become overgrown with reeds and had hardly any water left in it. We did find a male but I'm not sure if they could dhave found each other. We let them both go to fend for themselves. When autumn comes we'll do some management to try to create some more amenable habitat. Gwent Amphibian and Reptile Group (GARG) |
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