VREP002-029
An eastern box turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina) at the Nashville Zoo. This species is listed as vulnerable by IUCN. This animal lost a leg due to an animal attack, but it has been an educational animal at the Nashville Zoo for 22 years. Her name is Hickory.
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- captivity
- Eastern Box Turtle
- exit
- Hickory
- Joel Sartore
- leg
- Nashville Zoo
- Photo Ark
- Reptile
- Shell
- studio shot
- Terrapene carolina carolina
- three legs
- Turtle
- video ark
- vulnerable
- walk off
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