{"id":39379,"date":"2018-11-28T17:07:41","date_gmt":"2018-11-28T22:07:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=39379"},"modified":"2018-11-28T17:07:41","modified_gmt":"2018-11-28T22:07:41","slug":"where-do-central-park-turtles-go-in-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=39379","title":{"rendered":"Where do Central Park turtles go in winter?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Because they certainly do not gather around the pond edges, as they do in warmer weather.<\/p>\n

I know this because I just took a winter walk in the park and gravitated toward one of the ponds, where a few months ago, there were turtles galore. Not today.<\/p>\n

So I came home wondering.<\/p>\n

And here’s the answer, from Central Park’s Ranger Rob (a human being, not a turtle):<\/p>\n

Turtles<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Turtles are an inevitable summer sight, resting along the shores of Central Park\u2019s water bodies. But during the winter, it\u2019s as though they just disappear. But where to? In what Ranger Rob calls an \u201cincredible adaptation to avoid the cold winter,\u201d Central Park\u2019s turtles bury themselves under mud at the bottom of frozen water bodies. There, they hibernate, conserving energy until the water thaws and it\u2019s time to head up to warmer temperatures.<\/p>\n

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