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Biking along the canal I spotted a huge dead fish, at least 1 m long, and the largest snapping turtle 🐢 I have ever seen with it. The kind that I was expecting to see kidnapping Princess Peach.

Might have been snacking. Not quite sure. It didn’t like me hanging out and taking photos. #turtle

It is a lucky day for a little Snapping Turtle who held up traffic in a busy town area (and nobody knew why a car had stopped).
Little thing was so dehydrated that she couldn't even pee at me when I picked her up - turtles always do that.
Anyway, I had a fitting shoe box in the car and she got a ride to the nearest pond. She would have never made it on her own. I have no idea how she even got there, alive.
Here's a photo of a Snapper hatchling from last year.

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There is lots of leaf litter in the yard that will camouflage him well, and he opened his eyes once he realized I might not actually be godzilla and he wasn't on the way to Turtle Valhalla. Good healthy kicks as I moved him, too. 😊 (Yes, I thoroughly washed my hands.)

Can't get over how gorgeous he is.

Did the coffee run, got out of the car and found this wee beauty of a golden box turtle!

I've named him Bob.

I am SO relieved I didn't get him with my car, he's so small and I didn't see him when I was parking.

He's OK - I carefully moved him into the yard the general direction he was going anyway, and now we will have turtle check whenever we come or go.

Haven't seen one in the neighborhood since Moxley was still with us.