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The South Carolina State Shell | Short Takes with Naturalist Rudy Mancke
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Naturalist Rudy Mancke tells us about the lettered olive shell.Video
Naturalist Rudy Mancke tells us about the lettered olive shell.Video
Naturalist Rudy Mancke shows the different parts of the horseshoe crab.Video
Naturalist Rudy Mancke explains what a fossilized bivalve is and how it came to be.Video
Naturalist Rudy Mancke explains the process of the horseshoe crab shedding its skin.Video
Naturalist Rudy Mancke looks at the skull of the loggerhead sea turtle.Audio
“L” is for Loggerhead Turtle. State Reptile. The loggerhead turtle, a threatened species, is one of the world’s eight living species of turtles and evolved some sixty-five million to seventy million...Photo
• Pterourus glaucus • Male is bright yellow with black stripes • Female is less colorful than male • Eats nectar from flowersPhoto
• Order Anura • Hatches from eggs laid in water • Some eggs laid in moist land areas or dropped into water or swept into water by rains or carried to water by parent • Developmental stage between egg...Photo
• Ambystoma maculatum • Widespread in the United States • Stoutly built, 15.2 - 24.8 cm (6 - 9.75 inches) • Black, blue-black, dark gray or dark brown above • Two irregular rows of round, yellow or...