"My Log!!"

"Jeez, yesterday it was the water snake, today it's YOU!!"

"Whoa, you're kinda cute close up!!"

This male midland Painted Turtle is very protective of his favorite basking log, then realizes the potential of sharing his log with a female.  Male painted turtles have much longer front claws than the female, the top of the male's shell is flatter and the female is generally larger.