It gets down to -40 here, ice feet thick,UK doesn't have such extremes, I can't imagine why turtles can't thrive.
I live right next to petrie island turtle reserve, on a hot summers day you can walk the path and see dozens basking, yesterday I got the shock of my f***ing life, bloke came walking down the path, big fat bloke with a father Christmas beard, he was wearing a bra and a mini skirt ?
Baby terrapin sighting in London suggests possible threat to UK wildlife | Wildlife | The Guardian
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