Snapping turtle
Aug 1, 2020 07:39:50 #
I was walking up a rocky slope by a river close to my house when suddenly the rock on a ledge in front of my face moved. I jumped back startled and realized it was a big snapping turtle. The river was flooding and it must have climbed onto the rocks to rest from the rushing water. Here's a couple photos I took with my phone.
Aug 1, 2020 07:54:37 #
Matt_F wrote:
I was walking up a rocky slope by a river close to my house when suddenly the rock on a ledge in front of my face moved. I jumped back startled and realized it was a big snapping turtle. The river was flooding and it must have climbed onto the rocks to rest from the rushing water. Here's a couple photos I took with my phone.
That turtle is fat.
Odd place to find a snapper, but they are excellent climbers and escape artists.
Thumbs up on the shots.
Bill
Aug 1, 2020 08:05:59 #
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Aug 1, 2020 08:13:24 #
Matt_F wrote:
I was walking up a rocky slope by a river close to my house when suddenly the rock on a ledge in front of my face moved. I jumped back startled and realized it was a big snapping turtle. The river was flooding and it must have climbed onto the rocks to rest from the rushing water. Here's a couple photos I took with my phone.
Wow.....that's One Big Snapper and he's really Fat I'd say.....life's been good to him.
Aug 1, 2020 10:04:24 #
Matt_F wrote:
I was walking up a rocky slope by a river close to my house when suddenly the rock on a ledge in front of my face moved. I jumped back startled and realized it was a big snapping turtle. The river was flooding and it must have climbed onto the rocks to rest from the rushing water. Here's a couple photos I took with my phone.
Nice photos; check out YouTube they have several good videos on flaying snapping turtles, best of luck.
Aug 1, 2020 11:18:47 #
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Aug 2, 2020 05:24:47 #
Matt_F wrote:
I was walking up a rocky slope by a river close to my house when suddenly the rock on a ledge in front of my face moved. I jumped back startled and realized it was a big snapping turtle. The river was flooding and it must have climbed onto the rocks to rest from the rushing water. Here's a couple photos I took with my phone.
Nice shots
Aug 2, 2020 06:15:17 #
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Aug 2, 2020 09:51:17 #
StanMac
Loc: Tennessee
Good shots! He may be a turtle but they don’t call them snapping turtles for nothing - that head will come out of that shell in a flash to grab its lunch!
Stan
Stan
Aug 2, 2020 09:55:59 #
Matt_F wrote:
I was walking up a rocky slope by a river close to my house when suddenly the rock on a ledge in front of my face moved. I jumped back startled and realized it was a big snapping turtle. The river was flooding and it must have climbed onto the rocks to rest from the rushing water. Here's a couple photos I took with my phone.
By the way. That turtle is a tribute to the purity of the stream's water.
This is the natural color of a snapper.
They are usually a muddy brown, from the turbid waters they will inhabit.
Bill
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