Green Sea Turtle

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This unusual-looking creature is an albino Florida softshell turtle (Apalone ferox), the largest species of softshell turtle found in North America. It has a flattened pancake-like body with a long neck, elongated head, and a long snorkel-like snoot. Here, the water is playing optical tricks, making its neck appear even longer. In the wild, they spend most of their time in the water or basking on logs in the sunshine. Florida softshells eat snails, fish, and crustaceans and have even been docume