Charts and Graphs: Large Versions
Turtle Weights and Measures as of 2024
Annual tracked travel (miles) data.
Turtle Hibernation and Emergence Dates and Activity and Hibernation Duration
Eastern Box Turtle
Terrapene carolina carolina
A Relict Population Doomed To Extinction?
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Eastern Box turtles seek out each other (meet) for a number of reasons. Mating is an obvious reason, but there are many male/male and fewer female/female meetings that have been observed. It appears that there is communication of some sort going on during these meetings, but the actual purpose is unknown. All transient finds, so far, are a result of meetings between male members.
There are certainly chance encounters also, but few, if any, encounters are random. Low population density, long travel distances and very short sight distances would seem to necessitate some sort of learning and planning to keep members of the population in contact, or some way they can communicate their locations over distance. Meeting and Mating Page
