By Gavin, Lucca, Nathaniel, Ronnie
Animals that eat Blanding’s turtle eggs and young hatchlings include chipmunks, mink, and raccoons. Blanding’s turtles are also eaten by skunks and foxes. The turtles are most vulnerable in their egg state and when they are just hatched because they have no way to defend themselves from predators. Predators are eating blanding’s turtles more often due to humans leaving trash in the animal’s natural habitat, luring them into a different location where the Blanding’s turtles are. People let their dogs and cats roam into the habitats of Blanding'a turtles and they eat the eggs.
Raccoon eating turtle, Digital Photography Review
Raccoon eating turtle, Digital Photography Review
Red fox eating a turtle egg, Inside Halton
Roads and Cars
By Jeremy, Caitlin, Spencer, Olivio
Photo: Emilie Schuler/ Grassroots Wildlife Conservation
More roads are being built around and in their habitats which causes them to cross the roads to lay their eggs. Since it takes a long times for the turtles to mature the risk of them being killed when they are older will be higher and their species may die out. Ways we can protect Blanding's turtles is we can create wild life reserves for them.
Turtles vs. cars: the deadly summer season for at risk species.
This turtle was crushed. Its shell was cracked in many places.
The picture is showing before and after surgery.
Over time its shell will heal but the turtle will never be the same.
The picture is showing before and after surgery.
Over time its shell will heal but the turtle will never be the same.
Climate and Weather
By Erik, Amanda, Riley, Bezzie
Blanding's Turtles are threatened wildlife species in north eastern USA. There are less 3,000 Blanding's Turtles left in the wild. Blanding's turtles live mostly in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, New York, Pennsylvania. Only 4 groups have more than 50 adult turtles left. Climate change is affecting their drinking water, sanitation, food and energy productions. Freshwater turtles can be affected when salt water rises because of climate change. It can soon kill the turtles. Also algal blooms are being affected by climate change which is bad for turtles because they give off too much toxic bacteria. You can see more information on the New England Zoo Website.
Freshwater algal bloom, Phys.org
Blanding's Turtles are threatened wildlife species in north eastern USA. There are less 3,000 Blanding's Turtles left in the wild. Blanding's turtles live mostly in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, New York, Pennsylvania. Only 4 groups have more than 50 adult turtles left. Climate change is affecting their drinking water, sanitation, food and energy productions. Freshwater turtles can be affected when salt water rises because of climate change. It can soon kill the turtles. Also algal blooms are being affected by climate change which is bad for turtles because they give off too much toxic bacteria. You can see more information on the New England Zoo Website.
Freshwater algal bloom, Phys.org
Habitat Loss
By Alli, Brooks, Edward, Sydney, Tyler
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