Rainy day, so yummy earthworms are out and about:
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Ummm... OK.
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Yeah, I wouldn't have given it a second thought--that critter would've been in my house on my carpet in SECONDS.
It was happily munching earthworms, but by the time I grabbed my camera, my dog scared it back into its shell.
Lucky you! Terrapene carolina, for the curious. Looks like a probable female (eye color).
Seriously? Eye color is dimorphic in turtles? That's...both awesome and really boring! :-D