Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 104
the bottom of the streams and ponds, or beneathlogs near their margins. There they live withoutmoving about and with all the vital processes in apartially dormant condition, thus needing little if anyfood. The box tortoise or dry land terrapin, the commontoad, and some salamanders burrow into the… … win-ters sleep.In an openwinter this hibernation is often in- Tuktle. terrupted, the animal emerging from its retreat andseeking its usual summer haunts as though spring hadcome again. Thus I have, on one occasion, seen a soft-shelled turtle moving gracefully over the bottom of astream on a day in…
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