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Old 09-01-12, 07:05 PM   #1
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Talking Look what I found tonight!

I was very lucky this evening, I found a newly-hatched Common Snapping Turtle on the road while on a walk. I think there had been water in that ditch in the spring, but it has since dried up. He looked like he didn't know where to go. He stank like carrion, what with the egg/mud soup caked onto his shell. He was very dry and I think some of his skin cracked a bit because there was a little bit of blood where the shell attaches to the skin. I took him home, cleaned him up and then released him at the local conservation area in a huge pond.

Anyway, this little guy had eggshell stuck to him, his egg tooth had not fallen off yet, and his shell was soft. Glad I could make his new life a little easier.










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See the soft spot or "belly button" on his belly where the yolk sac was attached:


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He's pretty cute!
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Bawwwww =3
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He is so cute. Its good to know that there are people like you who care for animals enough to do that. I would have done the same.

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Thats so adorable! My friend has a snapping turtle she caught when it was a hatchling, she loves him to pieces. Are you going to keep it for a while to give it a good start in life?
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oops sorry missed a bit there.
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You should have seen me - my husband and I both wanted to keep him, but decided it was best to let him go. We have neither the room nor the finances for another herp at the moment.
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That's awesome! Super cute
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Sooo cute!
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Oh goodness he is a cutie <3 I remember finding these guys when I was little, I loved finding them so much!
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he looked such a,bedraggled wee beasty,when you first found him

but did'nt he scrub up well

such a cool wee dude

many thanks for sharing,i totally enjoyed the wee guy,making a full come back,all the time looking like he feels,so sorry for himself

imo he was so cute in the pictures,that i'm sitting here with a smile from ear to ear,grinning like a mad man,at the wee turtle guy

I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE SUCH COOL STUFF,WALKING AROUND IN MY BACK YARD.....!!!

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Adorable little bugger!

Isn't this awful late in the season for hatchlings?
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he looked such a,bedraggled wee beasty,when you first found him

but did'nt he scrub up well

such a cool wee dude

many thanks for sharing,i totally enjoyed the wee guy,making a full come back,all the time looking like he feels,so sorry for himself

imo he was so cute in the pictures,that i'm sitting here with a smile from ear to ear,grinning like a mad man,at the wee turtle guy

cheers shaun
Glad you liked the pics. BTW I read your entire post in my head with a Scottish accent.
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Isn't this awful late in the season for hatchlings?
I wondered that too!! Such a hot summer - maybe that had something to do with it?
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