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Common snapping turtle

Chelydra Serpentina

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Taken at the Lisbon Zoo.

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10 Comments

Josh Asel
Josh Asel 11 years ago

hahaha

OrbemEzatTnod
OrbemEzatTnod 12 years ago

Very nice!! - here is some info most people don't know about snapping turtles:

http://tsadjatko.hubpages.com/hub/The-co...

Scott Frazier
Scott Frazier 12 years ago

moved to reptiles :-)

EmilyMarino
EmilyMarino 12 years ago

Great close up!

animaisfotos
animaisfotos 12 years ago

Thank you Leslie. It was a real challenge to take this shot. No light. No flash (not to disturb the animal). And a huge contrast between the water light and the dark turtles head. At the end I was just happy to get something out it.

Leslie4
Leslie4 12 years ago

I love this shot! What wonderful framing the water does here.

HeatherMiller
HeatherMiller 12 years ago

Isla, it took me a second to understand what you meant by your day of the year comment....then I realized animaisfotos has selected 365 photos. Very observant of you. animaisfotos - you have a lot of awesome shots! Very impressive collection.

Isla
Isla 12 years ago

love this photograph! it really has a great abstract quality, it is very impressive.
(I just noticed you have one favourite photo for every day of the year!)

Ava T-B
Ava T-B 12 years ago

Great picture!

LarsKorb
LarsKorb 12 years ago

awesome shot!

animaisfotos
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animaisfotos

Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

Spotted on Dec 20, 2009
Submitted on Jul 20, 2011

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