Rednormous

While I was mowing the lawn on Thursday, I saw somthing brownish-gray moving by the street. I could only see the top of it, so I thought it might be a armadillo. Then I went closer; it was a huge turtle!!!!!I also saw it had red "ears" which meant it was a red eared slider, my favorite kind of turtle!!!!!!! Can you see the red "ears" in the pictures?
We named him Rednormous, because he is the biggest turtle we have found so far and he is a red eared slider. He was so big (and we already have 4 turtles!!) that we had to let him go. We chose to let him go in a creek called... Turtle Creek!!!! I also found either a woodhouse toad or a dwarf american toad; they are really hard to tell the difference except for the size. He was small enough to be a juvenile woodhouse toad and big enough to be a full grown dwarf american toad!!! (All of us are going to test for a new karate belt on Saturday. I will keep you posted if we pass our test.)

See you (y'all) later!

Snake and turtle

On Sunday we caught a snake!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I first saw this guy hiding in some bricks when I was mowing our lawn one day. Than on Sunday we went out to catch him and there he was, wedged in the bricks. After a little time (and moving bricks), we caught him!!!!!!! After some research, I found out that is was a lined snake, a snake that rarely bites. But we had to let it go.

One of our friends in Minnesota found this guy digging a hole in their front yard. They are hoping that it is going to lay eggs in their yard!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We are pretty sure that is is a painted turtle. They are thinking about digging up the eggs and incubating them, so I will keep you updated on any info or pictures. (Thanks for the pictures Dana!)

See you (y'all) later!

Bullfrog!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We just caught our first bullfrog!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Here are a couple pictures of it.

After some research, I know that it is a juvenile bullfrog (because of the size!!!) and think it is a female. It is also the Oklahoma state amphibian. These guys can get biiiiig, almost 8 inches!! Even their tadpoles are big and can take more than 2 years to turn into frogs!!!

See you (y'all) later!

My new blog!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hello Everybody! This is my own blog page!!!!! Please take time to: read the new postings, take the poll, write comments (open to everyone), and that kind of stuff! I will be posting blogs about the animals that we find, the things we learn about them, and about karate. See you (y'all-that's Oklahoma lingo) later!