If you have a backyard, you’re always sharing your outdoor space with the local wildlife, and sometimes, an unexpected visitor may pass through.
In the subreddit r/Charlotte, a Reddit user posted a photo of a turtle they recently spotted in their yard. They shared this in the city’s thread because they worried that the turtle might be a neighbor’s pet that had escaped.
“I’m in Charlotte proper and a (I believe eastern box?) turtle […] showed up in my yard and while I’m excited a new friend has showed up, I want to make sure she’s not anyone’s pet. I think she might be pregnant too, but I don’t know much about turtles so I can’t be sure,” the poster wrote.
Commenters were quick to confirm the poster’s suspicions that the turtle was an eastern box turtle, which is native to North Carolina and the official state reptile…