While it may be time to smell fragrant peonies and irises, Massachusetts has some very stinky wildlife, too. Sternotherus odoratus, our cute little musk or stinkpot turtle, can defensively give off an offensive odor from 2 special glands on its underside. We don’t encounter them often because they’re almost entirely aquatic, briefly emerging on land just to lay eggs or bask on a branch, which it can readily climb. Poor swimmers, they’re most often spotted now in clear, […]
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