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Our @NASAKennedy center is home to rockets that launch @NASAAstronauts and satellites into space—but it’s also a habitat to countless plants and animals, like this Florida redbelly turtle.

Kennedy shares space with the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, which encompasses 92,000 acres of land, marsh, and water for 331 species of birds, 31 mammals, 117 fishes, and 65 amphibians and reptiles. In addition to turtles, the refuge is a wintering area for migratory birds, and a year-round home for great blue herons, great egrets, wood storks, cormorants, and brown pelicans.

Image description: A turtle in its shell takes up most of this photo; the turtle is facing left, but its head is turned to the camera with a suspicious-looking expression. Its head, front legs, and shell have a mottled pattern of black and yellowish-white, while its underside is a more solid off-white. The background of the photo is mostly dark, with a few small branches and some dirt in the foreground.

Credit: NASA

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[ INFORMATION DATA: 18 June 2024 ]