Wildlife: Turtle ID Please, 1 by aspenhill

aspenhill wrote:
Seeing this snapping turtle thread, reminded me of my snapping turtle story. Here is the photo of a huge snapping turtle that was in my pond several years ago. I discovered its presence when I saw a mallard duck struggling and then being pulled under water. I had one of the Lucketts ol' timers come trap it and then we took it down to the Potomac River and released it. They sure are ugly pre-historic looking creatures!