http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog Enjoy the Smokies Courtesy of the Great Smoky Mountains Association! Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:38:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/why-did-the-terrapene-carolina-cross-the-road/ http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/why-did-the-terrapene-carolina-cross-the-road/#comments Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:16:05 +0000 admin http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/?p=800 Ann Froschauer spotted this adventurer on the road and immortalized him with her photography. He’s an Eastern box turtle — the state reptile of both Tennessee and North Carolina. Ann assures me this one is a male. I think she fell for his red eyes. I wish you could’ve seen the IMAX close-up of his face before I had to trim it to fit into the blog. He looked so wise.

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