Saved turtle from road today

[Lewy]

G'day all.. Sue and I went out with my mum for lunch today and on the way home we saw this big guy on the side of the road

Broad-shelled River Turtle

 

[m_beardie]

haha thats awesome! great shots!! nice turtle too.

 

[Acrochordus]

Nice stuff he is a big old fella.
Thanks Tim.

 

[gavinator]

job well done i wonder if any members can make a guess to its age

 

[squishi]

my guess is around about 5-7 years i have a 3 year old that lives in a 6ft tank and i can not stretch my hand ovr his shell now i have to use 2 hands.
him being wild would have way more growth room.
that is just my guess

 

[Serpentes]

5-7 years? I know that they live for well over 30 years

I'll guess 25 and 4 months. And how could you not love that silly smile they always seem to have!

 

[Lewy]

LOL well I'm not going to try and guess his age but he did look old as his shell looked old well alot older than other turtles I have seen

Thanks for all you kind words every one it sure dose make you (me) feel all good inside to no that I may have just saved his life

Cheers Lewy

 

[Mousie]

Big cutie. "If I hide in my shell you cant get me" Haha

 

[JasonL]

For an Expansa, that just a little tacker... Expansa grow very fast under optimal conditions, though not all wild turtles grow under "optimal conditions", so I'd guess it is somewhere between 5 and 30 years old

Oh, nice save BTW, my fav species of turt.

 

[JasonL]

5-7 years? I know that they live for well over 30 years

I'll guess 25 and 4 months. And how could you not love that silly smile they always seem to have!

I would say they have the possibility of living over 100 years..