July 3, 2021

I am a Common Snapping Turtle

I can be quite vicious based on the situation

Alone in the water I can be docile and calm

But with another turtle - we're talkin' decapitation!

(Special thanks to today's guest photographer, David Simpson.)

Location: Ashville, NC

Sources: https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Chelydra_serpentina/

Photo © 2021 David Simpson, text © 2021 Dee Fairbanks Simpson