Mud Bath

This photo is very different than yesterday's explosion of color.  It's ugly, muddy, and I like it! The common snapping turtle loves shallow water where it can bury in mud as this turtle did. Snappers eat anything they can swallow, plant or animal.  You do not want to be bit by a snapping turtle, as they can take a piece of your finger off.

Snapping turtles take from 12-20 years to mature, and reportedly can live greater than 100 years. The heaviest specimen caught weighed 75 pounds/34kg.  They live in the eastern two-thirds of the U.S. and in lower Canada.