. . . but I need to give out an FYI that North American Box Turtles are officially classified now as a threatened species and might soon be considered endangered.
Is there a difference between "North American Box Turtles" and what I know as "Eastern Box Turtles?"
We have quite a few Eastern Box Turtles around here.
A few weeks ago, one about six inches in diameter was laying eggs down by my pond. A couple of days later I found it's shell. Something had removed all the meat, and the bottom of the shell was peeled open. I'd never seen this before.
Hopefully they aren't endangered around here. We really enjoy them as frequent visitors around the house and pond.
My grandkids (and me) really enjoy dangling worms from the worm bin in front of them. They voraciously eat them like spaghetti.
