寒星物语

http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-of-the-day/bog-turtle-pod.html

Bog Turtle

Photograph by Joel Sartore; photographed at Zoo Atlanta

This Month in Photo of the Day: Animals

The palm-size bog turtle, smallest in the country, now survives mostly on private lands. Adapted to soggy soils, the species suffers where wetlands are filled or groundwater is diverted.

See more photographs from the January 2009 feature story "Last One."

译文：

牟氏水龟

摄影：Joel Sartore，拍摄于亚特兰大动物园

本月每日一图的主题是：动物

这只巴掌大的牟氏水龟是这个国家里最小的一种龟，现在大多生活在私有土地上。依赖于潮湿的土壤，这一物种正因湿地被填和地下水开采而受到威胁。