Personal account of welcoming a baby box turtle from a local hobbyist, highlighting connection to family.
Click to embiggen. Trust me on this. What I think of as our phylogenetically-extended nuclear family grew by one this week: we got a baby box turtle. We got her from a local hobbyist, who hatched her last summer. We haven't named her yet, so for now she's just Baby Tiny Turtle.
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