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Eastern Snapping Turtle

Chelydra serpentina

Photo by kcurtain
Published on Project Noah
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Can you spot the snapping turtle? He's pretending to be a large pile of debris, under the water. You can see his head in the bottom center of the picture. Nice disguise!

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