I visited my brother a couple of weeks ago and here is a photo I took of his Russian Box Turtle named Ivan the Terrible. As you can see Ivan the Terrible is not so scary when he is taking a bath!
Ivan the Terrible
- January 17th, 2009
- Posted in Pets, Turtles, Wildlife
- Tagged Ivan, Panasonic TZ5, Russian Box Turtle, Turtle



The rim of the water showing around it are amazing. What a wonderful capture, Andy.
Ivan doesn’t look so terrible. I had a turtle when I was growing up, his name was Speedy Gonzales and he lived with some other turtles at my aunt and uncles who watched me everyday. We’d do a pool check every morning to see who might have fallen in during the night getting a drink of water. They were always fine after we retrieved them - usally from the deep end.
What a great name Ha ha Neat shot, Andy
Doesn’t look so terrible to me!! In fact - he looks rather sweet and helpless! Love the detail you’ve captured. Nice!
Lovely little creature! Nice capture.
OK, that was funny. Great detail and color.
lol so cute, yes he doesn’t look so terrible in the bath, but maybe he has to leave his guns on the sideboard… great shot!
Excellent capture, cute little guy. Well not sure how little he really is. Found one swimming in my pool last year. Great clarity and details.
A magnificent animal with a funny name !
Excellent capture. Congratulations !
Ivan is a cute little fellow. I like your close up shot of him enjoying a swam. Nicely done.
AWWW isnt he SWEET! :d he’s a bit of odd duck imo, haha. nice picture.
he’s a cutie..
the name is really misleading..
Hello Mr. Turtle! Very cute photo =D
Scary turtle
Cool swirly pattern in the water! And Ivan seems to be a mellow fellow
Fantastic capture. The partial water coverage works nicely here.