The boss took this pic. I snapped the other two.
This photo was taken right after I removed the turtle from the curb--and after its projectile urination.
The common snapping turtle can give a painful bite, but unlike the somewhat rarer alligator snapping turtle, in cannot bite off a human finger. These turtles can live over 100 years.
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(Photo) Snapping turtle on the banks of the Des Plaines River
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name it shelly
Despite living in the water (most of the time), they smell like they haven't had a bath in 100 years. This is the breeding season -- for turtles, specifically. (So, if you're doing it, it's ok.) But, that is why so many are seen on or near the roadways.
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