Tuesday, August 28, 2007

A Snapping Success


The turtle above is celebrating with his arms in the air because all 32 of his snapping turtle family members successfully hatched and were released...3, then 6, then 20, then the final three today. (Well, maybe he is just terrified of the huge person hovering over him to take this pic). I'm surprised that they all made it and suffered many bug bites transporting them all out to their new home in the marsh. When there were just a few, I thought they were pretty cute, but as they grew in numbers, the prehistoric features started to creep me out a little. Here are a few more pics to check out..







2 comments:

Jennifer said...

Ah, I have to post this at tree hugging it's so cute.

m said...

That's kind of creepy. They really do look like little evil dinosaurs. They're so BLACK...like they've been spray-painted!