Amazing!!
 

Correct form for going for max sun-rays. I give it a 9.5 :)
It's 83 and sunny with low humidity here today....perfect!

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do those things multiply in captivity?

this old guy down the street. "john". we found a red-ear slider walking across our street. he picked it up and put in a pan of water.

now? he built up something similar to you. a corner of his yard is a water oasis. hahhaha..

most expensive free slider of all time. the cat he scooped up right afterwards was much more economical.

terrapin ballet.

Yep...but they need the same natural habitat as where they came from.
My MI pond doesn't have that. I tried to hatch some of the eggs with a heat lamp...didn't work. The female, in the group of five, goes through the egg-laying every year.

They are pets..just like dogs or cats...cost doesn't matter.:)

The white thing on the right side of the pic...is the webcam.
She seems to be posing for the cam.

https://video.nest.com/live/4Lc0WbToTr

I used to have a small pond that I made from a 5' diameter whisky barrel. I didn't have any turtles but had hundreds of frogs of all sizes - gold fish. I miss having it, yours looks nice.

Where/how did you obtain them?

Thanks...it's very enjoyable having it on the deck where the patio furniture is.
Sitting and watching their behaviour is fun.

They all came from mail-order from southern states. I've had them for over 10 years now. None were any bigger than a half-dollar when I got them.
They cost about $15-20 apiece online.

WIKI (bold added):

The red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans), also known as the red-eared terrapin, red-eared slider turtle, red-eared turtle, slider turtle, and water slider turtle, is a semiaquatic turtle belonging to the family Emydidae. It is a subspecies of the pond slider. It is the most popular pet turtle in the United States and is also popular as a pet across the rest of the world.[2] Because of this, they are the most commonly traded turtle in the world.[3] Red-eared sliders are native to the southern United States and northern Mexico, but have become established in other places because of pet releases, and have become an invasive species in many areas where they outcompete native species. The red-eared slider is included in the list of the world's 100 most invasive species[4] published by the IUCN.

Mine don't/can't leave.

from Animals Network:
Behavior of the Red Eared Slider
In the wild, the daily life of a turtle is relatively simple. They emerge from their sleeping place in the water and climb onto a nice sunny log. Then, they spend a few hours basking in the sun to warm their bodies up.

Once they are nice and warm, they forage for food until they get cool again, and repeat the process. In human care, they can be very personable and friendly, especially when handled frequently.

pretty much sums it up.