February 12, 2023

I am a Common Snapping Turtle

I live in water with mud underneath

I look a lot like a Pokemon Torterra

But I don't have actual trees, I just have algae.

Location: Gleason Park, Indian Harbour Beach

Sources: https://macmarzolini.weebly.com/

https://pokemon.fandom.com/wiki/Torterra

Photo and text © 2022 Dee Fairbanks Simpson

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

May 16, 2021

I am a Common Snapping Turtle

We are probably vulnerable to climate change

Because our sex is determined by the temperature

Our eggs are kept after we're laid.

Special thanks to guest photographer, David Simpson.

Location: Fellsmere Grade Road, Headwaters Boat Ramp

Sources: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.1083.485&rep=rep1&type=pdf

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