Bart was really hungry the day we fed him these mushrooms, and you can see that he loves all kinds of mushrooms. Bart has a very sharp, serrated beak of a mouth that can easily draw blood. Although he would never bite someone on purpose or in a mean way, he can bite by mistake: another reason we use sticks when letting others feed him. Sometimes he seems to like eating his food off sticks better than any other way!
Did you know turtles can eat mushrooms that are harmful to people? Word has it that the American Indians used to caution settlers not to eat box turtle meat because it could be poisonous from mushrooms the box turtles would eat.
Finally, to see an eastern box turtle eat a mushroom really fast (in speeded up time), explore our August 29th Turtlesinger Blog! We hope you celebrate National Mushroom Day in your own special way. Thanks as always for reading!
