Sunday, August 28, 2022

Impressionist pond

When the water surface works as camouflage.
  
Red-eared slider in a pond.

Red-eared sliders are originally from the midwestern US and northern Mexico, but have been imported here by the pet trade and are now considered in BC as an invasive species that out-competes our native species. This one is in an isolated pond, fenced in and well cared for; she will not be a danger to local turtles.

Notice from the BCInvasives site: Invasive species are plants, animals or other organisms that are not native to BC, and have serious impacts on our environment, economy and society. Never release your plants and animals into the wild or dump aquariums or water garden debris into rivers, streams, lakes or storm sewers!

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Cuando la superficie del agua sirve como camuflage.

Foto: una tortuga de orejas rojas en un estanque.

Estas tortugas, Trachemys scripta elegans, son originarios del centro de los Estados Unidos y del norte de México, pero se han diseminado aquí por el mercado de mascotas. Ahora se consideran en Colombia Británica y otros lugares como una especie invasiva que amenaza a nuestras tortugas indígenas.Ésta vive solitaria en un estanque bien mantenido, y con rejas para contenerla y no constituirá un peligro.

Una advertencia de parte del sitio BCInvasives: Especies invasivas son plantas, animales, u otros organismos que no son nativos en BC, y que impactan gravemente a nuestras ecología, economía y sociedad. ¡No suelten nunca sus plantas y animales al reino salvaje, ni vacíen sus acuarios o los residuos de sus jardines acuáticos dentro de rios, riachuelos, lagos ni en sistemas desagüe!


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