Wednesday, June 05, 2013

The Dance of the Snapping Turtles


I was walking through the woods one day at the end of April, which is a wonderful time to be walking through the woods, when I heard some splashing in the creek at the base of the hill. The splashing continued, but I could not make out what was happening. The sun was shining off the water in just the wrong way. I got out my camera to look through the lens. I thought it might be a carp. Eventually, I could make out that two snapping turtles were tumbling and twisting. The photo isn't great, but you can see that there are two snappers. I had never seen this behavior.

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