Whatsthisthen?

[mickthemaverick]

Steve is the closest so far but only because its underwater!! Not fair to prolong this because whatever method I use I cannot recognise it and I know what it is!! A clue: I have never seen one of these in a village pond before though I'm sure they're not as rare as I think!!

[Hell Razor5543]

Otter?

[bobins]

Or colder ?

[mickthemaverick]

[mickthemaverick]

Believe or not it was a turtle!! We had a big debate as to whether it was a terrapin or a turtle but when I got home I discovered that terrapin is a name given to certain turtles that live half in and half out of the water. So it was a turtle and may been a terrapin!!

Own work

[mickthemaverick]

And this?

BFTW

[NewcastleFalcon]

Amy Turtle from Crossroads I presume

REgards Neil

[mickthemaverick]

You presume correctly!!

[NewcastleFalcon]

and too easy for a knowledgeable (top of the head of course) crowd? Whats this then...and whats the story behind it

Regards Neil

[Hell Razor5543]

Gordon-Keeble Cars badge. According to Wikipedia a pet tortoise walked into shot of the inaugural photo shoot (taken in the grounds of the car makers).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon-Keeble

[mickthemaverick]

Never mind, James posted while I was typing!!
PS I will add that we had that very badge on the OTCL in a quiz about animal badges a few months ago I believe!!

[NewcastleFalcon]

Yes well done chaps, nice badge. I did wonder whether I had made just too far a leap from turtles to tortoises but I find that all tortoises are turtles but not all turtles are tortoises

Regards Neil

[mickthemaverick]

I thought it rang a bell!!
viewtopic.php?p=619403#p619403

[NewcastleFalcon]

Well remembered Mick, and one of my random leaps from a tortoiseshell butterfly to Gordon Keeble's badge.

Regards Neil

[mickthemaverick]

This one should generate some guesses, the owner got home as I was taking this picture so I know what is under there

Own work