Two-Headed Diamondback Terrapin Update

Click Here to View Video in High Quality

Two-Headed Diamondback Terrapin

The two-headed diamondback terrapin hatchling(s) discovered last August in Eastham on the Outer Cape (see Two-Headed Diamondback Terrapin Hatchling) is/are doing just fine in their winter quarters.  Luckily, they have been absolved of trying to survive this brutal winter burrowed under mounds of solid ice and crunchy mud.  During our visit to the Outer Cape on Tuesday to retrieve the juvenile Kemp’s ridley found in South Wellfleet (see Tropical Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle on Ice), we couldn’t resist the opportunity to visit these plucky critters to check on their progress.

This entry was posted on Thursday, January 15th, 2009 at 11:34 am and is filed under Turtles. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

One Response to “Two-Headed Diamondback Terrapin Update”

  1. Diamondback Terrapin Siamese Twin Hatchlings « Turtle Journal says:
    March 5, 2009 at 3:48 pm

    […] Conjoined terrapin hatchlings emerged from a nest in Eastham on the Outer Cape in August.  These Siamese twins were first documented on Turtle Journal in the posting entitled “Two-Headed Diamondback Terrapin Hatchling” in late August and updated in mid-January in an article called “Two-Headed Diamondback Terrapin Update.”  […]