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The Year of the Turtle, A Natural History
Written and illustrated by David Carroll
Camden House Publishing, Inc.,
Charlotte, VT 1991
Selections from The Year of the
Turtle
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In this book David Carroll explores the secret world of freshwater turtles, presenting the fascinating life history of these familiar yet mysterious creatures who shared the earth with the dinosaurs and who have endured to spark the curiosity of mankind.
"Moving about like a separate creature, his head glides in a measured turn on his arching neck, along the water surface, back to face me. I look into those impressive eyes: a white fleck of daylight shows in the gold-ringed, jet black pupil from which five black slashes radiate on a ground of amber and blue scattered with black dots. There is a distance in them, a coldness; they are eyes filled with stars. I look into them and look back into an unfathomable time and point of consciousness. It may be in such eyes that the universe first discovered a way to look back upon itself."