Gimpy 2006

Malformed painted turtle, Hanlan's Point, Toronto IslandsA three-legged painted turtle basks on a log in 2006 near Hanlan’s Point.

What happened to this fellow’s front-right leg is still a mystery, but subsequent sightings in later years confirm that, despite the missing leg, it’s doing just fine.

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  1. […] three-and-a-half legged turtle first photographed in 2006, surfaces again in 2008 in a different body of water, connected briefly during the high-water mark […]

  2. […] view of this three-legged painted turtle from 2006.  What happened to its leg is still a mystery, but subsequent sightings in later years […]

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