Common Snapping Turtle
First
view, notice huge front limbs, Montgomery County, Indiana, 16 May 2009; here is another view of this turtle.
Another
view, The Burn, Montgomery County, Indiana, 28 April 2007; here is another view, emphasizing the
powerful claws and scales on this turtleÕs front limbs.
Another view, Montgomery County, Indiana, 27
May 2009.
Another view,
with Zane, our backyard, Lakewood Lane, Marquette, Michigan, 2 June 2010; here is another view of this turtle.
Another view,
climbing, Montgomery County, Indiana, 20 May 2009.
Another
view, Montgomery County, Indiana, 25 April 2009.
Another
view, west of Gwinn, Michigan, 17 June 2011; sad aftermath of car
strike—eggs and dead turtle.
Another
view, The Burn, Montgomery County, Indiana, 15 June 2009; a
one-eyed turtle; here is a closer view of
the eye.
Another view;
laying eggs, Shades State Park, Montgomery County, Indiana, 24 May 2007; here is another view of this turtle; here is a view of this turtleÕs powerful
hind legs; and here is a view of the
emerging nest cavity.
Another view,
700 S & 100 E, Montgomery County, Indiana, 9 August 2008; carapace covered
in mud.
Another view,
near Trout Lake, Alger County, Michigan, 15 July 2011.
Another view,
700 S & 100 E, Montgomery County, Indiana, 26 May 2006.
Another view, held by Evan, Montgomery
County, Indiana, 31 May 2009; here is
Jack holding this turtle; and here is
this turtle being held by all three boys.
Another view,
our backyard, Lakewood Lane, Marquette, Michigan, 1 May 2010; here is another view of this turtle.
Another view,
near our yard, Lakewood Lane, Marquette, Michigan, 4 June 2010; note the
missing right eye.
Another view,
U.S. 28, Baraga County, Michigan, 3 June 2012; we transported this
turtle—which had just been hit by a car—to safe spot in the Ottawa
National Forest.
Here
are ten Snapping Turtle eggs we found in the Sturgeon River, Houghton County,
Michigan, 19 June 2022; we buried them in a nearby depredated nest (hoping for
the best).
