As far back as I can remember in my life on the internet (which began in the early 1990s) I've been involved in the reptile and amphibian scene. And as far back as I can remember when it comes to turtles, David Kirkpatrick has always been the authority on shelled aquatic things.

When you google him, you get his home page at UNC which hasn't been updated since 1999. Yet, you'll still find that link all over the web. Here's a link to his turtle articles, as of 1999 at least.

Who knows how many turtles he keeps now, or how many more of his turtle articles are out there somewhere. David, do you copy? Are you still around?

Of course, I could try his e-mail address, but I don't really have much to say. I just wanted to give him a cross-country, cross-millennium high five.