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August 15, 2009
August 15, 2009
Bog Turtle
Photograph by Joel Sartore; photographed at Zoo Atlanta
This Month in Photo of the Day: Animals
The palm-size bog turtle, smallest in the country, now survives mostly on private lands. Adapted to soggy soils, the species suffers where wetlands are filled or groundwater is diverted.
See more photographs from the January 2009 feature story "Last One."
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