got one!

[lizziebelle]

baby snapper, originally uploaded by Lizzie~Belle.

As I was leaving work, I noticed what looked like a clod of dirt at the edge of the parking lot. I suspected it might be one of the baby snapping turtles, and I was right! Omigosh, he is adorable!






You can see how small he is compared to the grass. That's just regular, lawn grass. After I took a few pix, I moved him into the taller grass so he wouldn't be grabbed by a predator. I was not wearing the appropriate footwear to tromp through the woods to the stream. I'm sure he'll find his way just fine. :)

Comments

[jimkeller.livejournal.com]

CUTE!!!

[lizziebelle.livejournal.com]

Hee!

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

How adorable!!!!

[lizziebelle.livejournal.com]

Isn't he? I'm so glad I got to see one up close. :)

[queenoftheskies.livejournal.com]

So. CUTE!

[lizziebelle.livejournal.com]

They're not so cute when they get big, but their babies are adorable. :)

[queenoftheskies.livejournal.com]

No, they're not. And their bite is awful!

[lizziebelle.livejournal.com]

Hence the sign down at the pond:

[leenah.livejournal.com]

seriously cute baby there. whoa. monstrously cute. overwhelmingly adorable.

[lizziebelle.livejournal.com]

:D

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

He really is cute! Nothing in present-day New England looks more like a dinosaur than a snapping turtle.

[lizziebelle.livejournal.com]

I think they have been around that long. ;)

[perseph12.livejournal.com]

OMGWTFBBQ! How utterly adorable :). Thank you for sharing, as I have a soft spot for the li'l guys and I needed a boost. I used to have a pet snapping turtle named Leonard. My family nursed him back to health after rescuing him from the middle of the road, and we eventually released him in the Greylock Glen.

[lizziebelle.livejournal.com]

My dad was always rescuing turtles (though usually not of the snapping variety) from roads. :)

[sarah-prineas.livejournal.com]

Wow, it is a cute little critter.

This summer I was kayaking and saw a snapping turtle two feet long swimming below me...

[lizziebelle.livejournal.com]

That's when they're scary!

[endlessrarities.livejournal.com]

I take it they don't SNAP at that age??

Or do you just have to keep your fingers well away from their mouths??

[lizziebelle.livejournal.com]

He was just hatched, so I think he was just scared of me. I picked him up on the sides of his shell, just in case. ;)