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snapping turtle

Chelydra serpentina

Description:

big with a long neck and no teeth with a leach right next to it's head.

Habitat:

in a pool in a river near a lake.

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3 Comments

dferris
dferris 8 years ago

I hope you were nice and reached your hand in there and removed that leach.

Caleb Steindel
Caleb Steindel 10 years ago

great spotting. but you have another spotting exactly the same!

NeilDazet
NeilDazet 11 years ago

Woah! Cool photo. That is a healthy leech on this turtle!

turtles2penguins
Spotted by
turtles2penguins

Maine, USA

Spotted on Jun 12, 2012
Submitted on Jun 12, 2012

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