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Snapping turtle

Photo by stonehusky
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Field Notes

Habitat:

Roadside. Field mixed forest

Notes:

Laying eggs on road breakdown. Bad spot

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
stonehusky
We came by a couple of hours later and she'd buried herself. You could see the top of her shell and her head. Came by another couple of hours later and she was gone. Given that there are pedestrians and bicyclists on the road, I'm hoping nobody moved her and she just wandered off herself.
Amber Burns
Looks like she it making a nest for her eggs. Snapping turtles are one of the very little types of turtle that gard the nest. I love the pic.
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PublishedJune 18, 2011

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