Girl your nails are fabulous!
@is-the-snake-video-cute People in the notes are saying this is either a dominance or a mating response, so could I request a semi-professional-I-mean-you-deal-with-snakes-and-I-dont-know-a-turtle-blog take on this?
This is called claw fluttering, and it’s 100% a mating response! What’s happening is this turtle is seeing the painted nails, thinks they’re a turtle, and is trying to woo them.
Pretty cute, and no stress to the turtle at all. Some turtles won’t do this often, but others will claw flutter whenever they see anything they think might be a turtle, but they don’t have particularly great eyesight so they’ll claw flutter at things like their own reflection, bright nearby objects, and rocks.
flirtle