{"id":606905,"date":"2025-04-04T13:31:32","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T17:31:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/?p=606905"},"modified":"2025-04-07T10:39:08","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T14:39:08","slug":"turtle-stuffed-with-mud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/youtube\/turtle-stuffed-with-mud\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Is This Turtle&#8217;s Shell Stuffed With Mud?!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EWWLKkGaOi0?si=9_w2DOK4tKJ18lLv\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@EarthrangersOrg\/videos\" title=\"See more videos on the Earth Rangers YouTube channel!\">See more videos on the Earth Rangers YouTube channel!<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Maverick the box turtle showed up at BeWild Reptile rescue with a tiny scratch on his foot, but his rescuers soon discovered he had another problem \u2014 a big messy one! His shell was completely stuffed with mud and dirt. How was it all fitting in there? Shouldn\u2019t his shell be filled with, ya\u2019 know, turtle? Earth Ranger Emma is determined to solve the mystery, but just when she thinks she\u2019s cracked the case, something really wild happens!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Special thanks to our friend Nicole D&#8217;Avignon (and Maverick) at BeWild Reptile Rescue in Durham, NC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong><strong>BeWild Reptile Rescue<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"711\" height=\"526\" data-id=\"606786\" src=\"\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/turtle.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-606786\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/turtle.png 711w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/turtle-300x222.png 300w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/turtle-150x111.png 150w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/turtle-485x360.png 485w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/turtle-696x515.png 696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 711px) 100vw, 711px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"445\" data-id=\"606787\" src=\"\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/turtleemptyshell-1024x445.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-606787\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/turtleemptyshell-1024x445.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/turtleemptyshell-300x130.png 300w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/turtleemptyshell-768x334.png 768w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/turtleemptyshell-150x65.png 150w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/turtleemptyshell-696x302.png 696w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/turtleemptyshell-1068x464.png 1068w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/turtleemptyshell.png 1324w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bewildnc.org\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"288\" src=\"\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/BewildRescueLogo.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-606923\" style=\"width:507px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/BewildRescueLogo.png 768w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/BewildRescueLogo-300x113.png 300w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/BewildRescueLogo-150x56.png 150w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/BewildRescueLogo-696x261.png 696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><strong>Visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bewildnc.org\/\" title=\"\">www.bewildnc.org<\/a><\/strong> <strong>to learn more<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>See more videos on the Earth Rangers YouTube channel! Maverick the box turtle showed up at BeWild Reptile rescue with a tiny scratch on his foot, but his rescuers soon discovered he had another problem \u2014 a big messy one! His shell was completely stuffed with mud and dirt. 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