Snapping Turtle

SNAPPING TURTLE

This morning's excitement was finding a snapping turtle trying to cross the road in our neighborhood. We stopped the car and and he was urged to the side of the road by a small group of neighbors. Phone calls were made and some local police drove by and loaded him into a plastic bin and drove him to the Occoquan River area to hopefully survive, without biting or snapping at and pets or children in our neighborhood. Of course, I had my camera out taking photos of all the events. He was about 20 inches long from his head to the end of his tail.