Snapping Turtle

Page 1 <img data-url='document/snapping-turtle.html?page=1' data-page='1' class='cut-thumb lazyload' alt='Page 1: Snapping Turtle' loading='lazy' src='data:image/gif;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAYAAAAfFcSJAAAADUlEQVR42mNk+P+/HgAFhAJ/wlseKgAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==' data-src='https://reader036.cupdf.com/reader036/viewer/2022081717/54b3dbff4a7959c9478b46a9/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg' width='140' height='200' /> Female snapping turtle in search of nesting site

Page 2 <img data-url='document/snapping-turtle.html?page=2' data-page='2' class='cut-thumb lazyload' alt='Page 2: Snapping Turtle' loading='lazy' src='data:image/gif;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAYAAAAfFcSJAAAADUlEQVR42mNk+P+/HgAFhAJ/wlseKgAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==' data-src='https://reader036.cupdf.com/reader036/viewer/2022081717/54b3dbff4a7959c9478b46a9/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg' width='140' height='200' /> Kasha straining to go ‘play’ with the snapper

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Page 5 <img data-url='document/snapping-turtle.html?page=5' data-page='5' class='cut-thumb lazyload' alt='Page 5: Snapping Turtle' loading='lazy' src='data:image/gif;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAYAAAAfFcSJAAAADUlEQVR42mNk+P+/HgAFhAJ/wlseKgAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==' data-src='https://reader036.cupdf.com/reader036/viewer/2022081717/54b3dbff4a7959c9478b46a9/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg' width='140' height='200' /> Markings are identical to the turtle that nested last year

Page 6 <img data-url='document/snapping-turtle.html?page=6' data-page='6' class='cut-thumb lazyload' alt='Page 6: Snapping Turtle' loading='lazy' src='data:image/gif;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAYAAAAfFcSJAAAADUlEQVR42mNk+P+/HgAFhAJ/wlseKgAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==' data-src='https://reader036.cupdf.com/reader036/viewer/2022081717/54b3dbff4a7959c9478b46a9/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg' width='140' height='200' /> Female filling in nest hole after laying eggs

Page 7 <img data-url='document/snapping-turtle.html?page=7' data-page='7' class='cut-thumb lazyload' alt='Page 7: Snapping Turtle' loading='lazy' src='data:image/gif;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAYAAAAfFcSJAAAADUlEQVR42mNk+P+/HgAFhAJ/wlseKgAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==' data-src='https://reader036.cupdf.com/reader036/viewer/2022081717/54b3dbff4a7959c9478b46a9/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg' width='140' height='200' /> Moving the snapper safely across the road

Page 8 <img data-url='document/snapping-turtle.html?page=8' data-page='8' class='cut-thumb lazyload' alt='Page 8: Snapping Turtle' loading='lazy' src='data:image/gif;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAYAAAAfFcSJAAAADUlEQVR42mNk+P+/HgAFhAJ/wlseKgAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==' data-src='https://reader036.cupdf.com/reader036/viewer/2022081717/54b3dbff4a7959c9478b46a9/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg' width='140' height='200' /> Nest and eggs marked and protected

Snapping Turtle

Education

female lling

nest hole

search of nesting site