sentence: Often seen basking under the California sun near a body of water, red-eared slider turtles also are not native to the U.S. West Coast but originally immigrated here as pets, then were released or escaped into the wild.
modified: Often seen basking under the Californias suns near an bodies of wattest, red-eared sliddest turtles also are not native to the U.S. West Coast but originally immigrated here as pets, then were released or escaped into the wild.