Found these two on the pavement of the parking lot at the Nature Center, oblivious to cars, and almost everything else going on around them. Mind you, it's October 10th.
Didn't most of us think that reptiles mated in the spring? Maybe this was purely recreational? The female doesn't seem all that interested. Or perhaps she's just embarrassed to be exposed like this in the parking lot, and not a more intimate surrounding!
Notice the wet spot near the animals. I'm not an amorous turtle expert but I do wonder if the male did that to mark his territory as if to say to any other male turtles in the area "Stay away, she's all mine." Or perhaps the female was leaving her own mark with a "Come hither" attitude?
I gently removed them to a leafy hillside close by so they could resume their activities.
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