#alligator snapping turtle

[turtlebluem]

Snapping alligator turtle i made in 5 minutes

[lady-of-glass-and-bone]

Cool things from today:

My sister and I saw an alligator snapping turtle crossing the road. After some gentle nudging with a broom by a kind construction worker passing by because I didn't have my tough gloves the turtle was fine. We did not see any flattened turtles on the way home. Yay!

Got to see some WW2 era planes as well as a fighter jet fly and got these things:

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If you ever get the chance to try an Italian Ice Cream Soda, do it. They are wonderful.

[worrynoodle]

Something crazy happened to me yesterday

I was heading home from the vet after picking up some meds for my dog when I saw a tiny little speck in the road that was suspiciously baby-turtle shaped. So i pulled over, ran back, thinking "if this is just a leaf istg" bc it was like 100 degrees and humid outside and the asphalt was just roasting.

Sure enough, a baby alligator snapping turtle was completely dried out and unmoving in the middle of the road.

Normally, I would just move it to the direction it's heading but it was clearly a baby and there was no water or anything near by. There were some creek beds way down the road but even those have been dried out as long as ive lived here. So I scooped him up and took him home. I did not have high hopes that this guy was going to make it.

After some digging on the internet i found out what kind of turtle he was and what i had that I could get him to eat, so he got a nice piece of chopped up shrimp (ignore the veggies in the first pic - he licked the broccoli tho)

We looked up nature rehabilitations near me, but all of them were either closed that late or only took mammals.

So we did our best to set him up with what we had to keep him warm and moist overnight until we could call around this morning.

Long story short, we drove him about an hour out this morning to a beautiful nature rehabilitation center in the hills that sat on top of a shady, running creek. So this little guy has a long, beautiful life ahead of him – instead of dying of dehydration or being squished in the road.

[riseofthenerds365]

I found the turtles!!

Rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles is one of my favourite tmnt universe because the characters designs are so unique, they are even different species of mutant turtles! Leo is a red-eared slider turtle, Donnie is a spiny softshell turtle, Mikey is an ornate box turtle, and Raph is an alligator snapping turtle!

You can also keep them all as pets, but they are expensive and have to be kept in special, separate containers, beware the ornate box turtle can live to up to 50 years, so be prepared for a long expensive commitment if you want to get one.

[possumcollege]

I saw this delightful snapping turtle burying her eggs at a campground this weekend. They're good dogs.

[weweantica]

there’s an old woman in my bog

[scarleteevee1]

Alligator Snapping Turtle!!!

[daily-turtles]

Today’s turtle is the Alligator Snapping Turtle

Request courtesy of @numberonesnarkfan