{"id":2051,"date":"2011-05-05T05:05:01","date_gmt":"2011-05-05T10:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/p4td.lightshedder.com\/2011\/05\/05\/552011-middle-aged-mutant-ninja-tortoise\/"},"modified":"2011-05-05T05:05:01","modified_gmt":"2011-05-05T10:05:01","slug":"552011-middle-aged-mutant-ninja-tortoise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=2051","title":{"rendered":"5\/5\/2011: Middle-aged Mutant Ninja Tortoise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/weiw.lightshedder.com\/Landscape-Wildlife\/FLBPF-2011\/16774632_NPRdNn#1266917246_T9fL4RC-A-LB\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/weiw.lightshedder.com\/Landscape-Wildlife\/FLBPF-2011\/i-T9fL4RC\/1\/L\/dscn0577-L.jpg?resize=700%2C432\" width=\"700\" height=\"432\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Admittedly I have no evidence this Gopher Tortoise is middle-aged, and it is almost most certainly not mutant, and there is only the vaguest possibility it is a ninja\u2026but I could not resist. This creature was doing a job on the weedy plant in a drainage dip at Vaill Point Park near St. Augustine Florida when I visited last week. But its name is probably <em>not<\/em> Aristotle \ud83d\ude42 <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/weiw.lightshedder.com\/Landscape-Wildlife\/FLBPF-2011\/16774632_NPRdNn#1266917819_FWbCBXf-A-LB\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/weiw.lightshedder.com\/Landscape-Wildlife\/FLBPF-2011\/i-FWbCBXf\/2\/L\/dscn0594-L.jpg?resize=700%2C525\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/weiw.lightshedder.com\/Landscape-Wildlife\/FLBPF-2011\/16774632_NPRdNn#1266918108_dLNgNFK-A-LB\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/weiw.lightshedder.com\/Landscape-Wildlife\/FLBPF-2011\/i-dLNgNFK\/2\/L\/dscn0600-L.jpg?resize=700%2C525\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nikon Coolpix P500. 1) 810mm equivalent field of view, f5.7 @ 1\/320th @ ISO 160, 2) 810mm, f5.7 @ 1\/400th @ ISO 160, 3) 500mm, f5.7 @ 1\/320th @ ISO 160, macro. <\/p>\n<p>Processed in Lightroom for Clarity and sharpness.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-2051\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=2051&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-2051\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=2051&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=2051&amp;share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Admittedly I have no evidence this Gopher Tortoise is middle-aged, and it is almost most certainly not mutant, and there is only the vaguest possibility it is a ninja\u2026but I could not resist. 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