Ummm, actually only the tortoise. A Gopher Tortoise that is. The below pictures may look exactly alike, but they are two in succession.
As we walked the path to Bowman's Beach, we saw this rather large turtle (forgive me, tortoise). We thought it was a Loggerhead whom are actively nesting at this time on Sanibel and are protected.
What it really was, so says the Turtle Man in our family is the elusive, rather rare Gopher Tortoise, not often observed in the wild. So, to all you turtle peeps out there - this one's for you!
As we walked the path to Bowman's Beach, we saw this rather large turtle (forgive me, tortoise). We thought it was a Loggerhead whom are actively nesting at this time on Sanibel and are protected.
What it really was, so says the Turtle Man in our family is the elusive, rather rare Gopher Tortoise, not often observed in the wild. So, to all you turtle peeps out there - this one's for you! 
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