Male turtles tend to have particularly long claws, and these appear to be used to stimulate the female while mating.

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Location: Atterbury Fish and Wildlife Area, Edinburgh, IN, USA
Photo credit: © Anthony Wilson / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

Keywords: anamalia, chordata, chrysemys, claws, deirochelyinae, emydidae, marginata, midland, painted, picta, red, reptilia, testudines, turtle