I captured these images of sunbathing turtles in March of this year while visiting with @adventuresinlife at a park in Independence, Missouri. Unfortunately many people don't understand turtles and choose to purposely run them over while driving down the road thinking they are nothing more than nuisance animals. Because of this and other various environmental impacts, turtle populations are rapidly decreasing.
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