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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Object number COLNH:2009.13 Institution name Colchester Collections Object name turtle, european pond turtle Description A European pond turtle, preserved in fluid. This species is now classified as non-native, although fossil evidence suggests it was found in this area 8000 years ago, going extinct due to climate cooling.European pond turtles found in the wild in the UK are probably escaped pets. The popularity of the 1990s cartoon Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles is often blamed for the craze of keeping pet turtles and terrapins, which were then released into ponds and streams when they were no longer wanted. Scientific name (Common Name) Emys orbicularis (European Pond Turtle), Emydidae (Emydid Turtle) Location On Display - Natural History Museum, Colchester Tags Comments Add tag(s) Add comment

Object number

COLNH:2009.13
Institution name

Colchester Collections
Object name

turtle, european pond turtle
Description

A European pond turtle, preserved in fluid. This species is now classified as non-native, although fossil evidence suggests it was found in this area 8000 years ago, going extinct due to climate cooling.European pond turtles found in the wild in the UK are probably escaped pets. The popularity of the 1990s cartoon Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles is often blamed for the craze of keeping pet turtles and terrapins, which were then released into ponds and streams when they were no longer wanted.
Scientific name (Common Name)

Emys orbicularis (European Pond Turtle), Emydidae (Emydid Turtle)
Location

On Display - Natural History Museum, Colchester

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