Common Snapper laying eggs!

[Primal Rage]

This morning while out on a walk with my dogs I noticed the grass on a hillside had been flattened in areas. It looked like something had been dragged through it. Well I followed the trail in the grass and it led to this!:)
http://i1244.photobucket.com/albums/gg565/fullHOLLOW/DSC_0002.jpg
http://i1244.photobucket.com/albums/gg565/fullHOLLOW/DSC_0001.jpg
http://i1244.photobucket.com/albums/gg565/fullHOLLOW/DSC_0004.jpg

[drumcrush]

Sweet find!

[Terranaut]

How big is she?

[Primal Rage]

Drumcrush, hells yeah it was! I have seen eastern painted turtles and box turtles laying but this was my first snapper.

Terranaut,
Her carapace was about 18-20" in length. These guys are all over the place during the spring!

[jpsteele80]

Awesome find, great pics :)

[Terranaut]

An August find in Ontario. We see them yearly at the cottage. So I never see them going into the ground but I see them coming out.
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j9/terranaut0/photo-659.jpg (http://s76.photobucket.com/user/terranaut0/media/photo-659.jpg.html)

[Sublimeballs]

Super cool find. I've never seen anything laying in the wild but I've watched 2 male northern water snakes court a female and watched as she became receptive to one of them. The loser went back into the water.

[sharthun]

Awesome find!