Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Common snakeneck turtle


Art
goal for the week 16hrs
today
work on floor tiles
make clay

Animal
The common snakeneck turtle (Chelodina longicollis) is an Australian turtle with a neck as long as the rest of it's body. It also has potent musk glands which give it another common name "the stinker" which they can spray up to 3 feet when threatened. They for some reason not uncommon as pets in Australia, perhaps they are difficult to frighten badly enough to spray.

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