A snapping turtle may dig a nest in your garden this week. You might come out to find a big old snapping turtle, pond mud still on her shell, digging in your mulch bed or the gravel by the drive. It looks alarming. It's one of the oldest rhythms in the yard. Every June, female snappers leave the water and travel overland — sometimes surprisingly far — to find loose, sun-warmed soil to lay in. Your raised bed, a gravel patch, the edge of the driveway: to her, it's perfect. She'll dig a hole with her back feet, drop a couple of dozen round, leathery eggs, cover them carefully, and crawl back to the water. And that's the end of her part. Snapping turtles give no care after laying — the sun incubates the eggs, and the hatchlings are on their own from the first second. Which means once she leaves, the nest is in your hands. Don't dig the eggs up to "move them somewhere safe." After the first day, the embryos fix in place, and rotating or relocating an egg drowns the baby inside. Leave them exactly where she put them. What you can do is shield them. Most snapper nests are raided within a night or two — raccoons and skunks find them fast — so a simple cage helps: lay a square of wire mesh or hardware cloth over the spot, pin it down, and leave gaps at the edges wide enough for coin-sized hatchlings to scramble out in late summer. Mark it so you mow around it, and keep dogs away. If she's still digging, just give her room. On land she's slow and only wants to finish; she'll bite if cornered, so admire her from a few feet and never grab her. Come late summer or fall, if you've guarded the spot, you may catch the best show of all — a fistful of tiny armored turtles boiling up out of your garden and making their wobbly way toward water. She trusted your garden with the next generation, then walked away forever. Mark the spot, shield it, and let them dig their way out in the fall. #snappingturtle #turtlenest #backyardwildlife #wildlifeprotection

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Would not like to meet him face to face #MOTE #wander #Aquarium #snappingturtle

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Fun things are happening! #LifeisStrangeDoubleExposure #LiSDE #Abraxas #SnappingTurtle #decknine #danieesketches

Slowing down at end of day. A guardian of our watersheds reminding me who we’re really working for. Clean swimmable, fishable water for every creature that calls it home. @SwimDrinkFish #SnappingTurtle”

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When you’re built like a tank but still prefer a leisurely pace. This snapping turtle was out on patrol today, proving that you don’t need speed when you’ve got confidence and a shell like that! #SnappingTurtle #NatureHumor #WildlifePhotography #OutdoorAdventures

Animal Control Officer Jody Gay recently assisted a local Tewksbury family with an unexpected visitor in their backyard pool, a giant snapping turtle! Thankfully, Officer Gay was able to safely remove the turtle and help return it to a more suitable environment. #Tewksbury #AnimalControl #CommunityPolicing #SnappingTurtle -TPD121

Important SnappingTurtle Campaign Update kickstarter.com/projects/rob…, via Kickstarter 残念

#JustineBateman has taken it upon herself to tag the production of #RomyAndMichele2 with a ‘make new movies’ hashtag. How about Justine minds her own business, it’s not Mira & Lisa’s fault she’s an old, bitter actress no one wants to hire. #SnappingTurtle #RomyAndMichele❤️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina) Magnuson park, Seattle, US Not native here. #Turtles #SnappingTurtle #Nature #Wildlife #Reptiles #Photography

Happy World Turtle Day! 🐢 🌎 In honor of today we’re highlighting Old Greg, our 17 year old alligator snapping turtle. 📍Visit Old Greg today. Located in the Children’s Zoo 📸 Julia M. Guest Services #turtle #worldturtleday #snappingturtle #reptiles #animal #alabama #zoo

This #WorldTurtleDay, we shed light on the impacts of Bill 5 on Ontario's snapping turtles and their habitats. Snapping turtles occupy wide ranges of Ontario's shallow water bodies and terrestrial areas. As a species of special concern, they are threatened by #Bill5, which reduces habitat protections and removes the focus on species recovery. Help protect snapping turtles by sharing this post, our blog and educating others about the threats this species faces and the problems with Bill 5. Read our blog here: ontarionature.org/world-turt… #ontarionature #snappingturtle

"And he's DL‼️"🐢😭 #Rakai #Tylil #SnappingTurtle

SnappingTurtle kickstarter.com/projects/rob…, via Kickstarter Why this project took this long …..?

Long Story short, I’m quitting everything. I’m calling in to life tomorrow. If you need me text my assistant or email her and put the word “SNAPPINGTURTLE” in the subject line. See y’all at 9:30pm ET.

Drantin, the Giant Common Snapping Turtle. Part of the Carnivorous Mutations faction. Is the direct competition against Chelrong. #snappingturtle #turtle #mutation #lizardkingproductions #kaiju #ockaiju

巨大カミツキガメ Huge Snapping Turtle まだ若葉とはいえスイレンの葉と比べてみるとその大きさがわかる。そしてどでかい頭。直径はおそらく50㎝くらい。息子に写真見せたらdecades old、つまり30歳くらい。 #snappingturtle #カミツキガメ