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Common Snapping Turtle

Chelydra serpentina

Photo by DonnaPomeroy
Published on Project Noah
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Notes:

This very large snapping turtle would not move off the road for some time, preventing me from continuing on this one-lane dike. The road was not wide enough to turn the car around so I was forced to wait it out.
These turtle really can be belligerent!

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