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Common Snapping Turtle

Chelydra serpentina

Description:

Huge, powerful, and prehistoric-looking (probably because it IS!). Was not happy about being pestered, so it crawled away and took to the water. A skilled swimmer.

Habitat:

Stream and its bank, in VA Tech Duck Pond park

Notes:

It was not as aggressive as snapping turtles are imagined to be. It let me get right up next to it and did nothing. When I tried to get it to snap (using a stick, not my hand!), it retreated to the water.

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Mandy Hollman
Spotted by
Mandy Hollman

Blacksburg, Virginia, USA

Spotted on Jun 2, 2013
Submitted on Jun 12, 2013

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