I heard some very exciting screams from outside today:
"MOM!!! Come Look!! QUICK!!"
We've seen some turtles here and there, but this?!?!
He was HUGE.
We ran inside and 'googled' it and were able to confirm it is a snapping turtle...as big as they get. One of their defenses is to raise up their back end to use their pointy shell as a weapon.
It is not the prettiest creature indeed...but pretty cool to see wandering in the back yard, nonetheless.
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Too funny! We had one of those, almost that same size, in our backyard last spring. I have pictures of it, too. It was so weird to see a snapping turtle in the middle of our yard. And, in spite of turtles moving slow (supposedly) it seemed as if it was gone as quickly as it came.
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