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Oliver the Blanding's Turtle

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Share Oliver the Blanding's Turtle's Story
I'm sponsored! Special thanks to Susan White
Born: 1997
Sex: Male
  Born in captivity, this rare turtle makes for a great educational reptile. Oliver is always a favorite for small children, who claim he is always smiling.

Blanding's Turtle (Emydoidea blandingii)

Average Size: Average Weight:
Body Length: 12-27 cm (5-10 in)
Average Lifespan: Range:
Up to 80 years Found in central to southern Ontario, to as far as the Lake Nipissing region.

Dining and Dwelling

Life and Death

The Blanding's turtle is an omnivore feeding on fish, minnows, tadpoles, small aquatic invertebrates, crustaceans, insects and other aquatic life. While on land they will also feed on vegetation.

They spend most of their time in the water of lakes and ponds. They may wander for some distance on land but they do their sunbathing near water. When frightened on land , a Blanding's turtle may hiss, quickly draw itself into its shell, and can stay there for hours at a time.

This turtle lays six to eleven eggs in a hole about seven inches deep. They are laid in June or early July and usually hatch in September.

The numbers of this species have depleted to such an extent, in some areas, that federal authorities have placed it on a list of endangered Canadian reptiles.

That's Amazing

  • Unlike most aquatic turtles, it can swallow it's food without submerging its head underneath the water.