Photo from Wikimedia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nIt appears that the Wood Turtle has an itch to travel as they have been known to walk long distances throughout the day. \u00a0In fact, on average, they will travel about 108 m (354′) in a day. \u00a0Now this might not sound like much to us but for a turtle that walks at speeds of 0.32 km\/hr (0.20 mph), that is a lot of walking. \u00a0Apparently, Wood Turtles also have a great sense of direction and are able to find their way back home quite easily. \u00a0One study displaced a male turtle about 2.4 km (1.5 miles) away from its home and within 5 weeks the turtle was back where he originally started. \u00a0I don’t know how they do it, but I could definitely learn a thing or two from them since I get lost in the mall all the time.<\/p>\n
Would you look at that, it appears our first Wild Fact of the week is done already. \u00a0I hope you enjoyed learning about our stomping friend and I will see you back here tomorrow for a new animal. \u00a0Enjoy the rest of your day!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Well, we ended last week with a turtle species (remember, the Bog Turtle?) and we are going to start this fine week with another turtle. \u00a0A friend of mine from the Great White North recommended I write about the “Stomping Turtle”. \u00a0Since I like this friend, I figured I would take his recommendation. \u00a0So Wild Fact #535 will be all about the Wood Turtle, which is also referred to as the “Stomping Turtle” for reasons we will learn about shortly (but I am sure you can guess why it gets this name). \u00a0The Wood Turtle is only found in North <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4566,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4024,52],"tags":[348,2004,4025,4114,2003,871,2006,2002,2005],"yoast_head":"\n
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