Dragon tail
Jun. 18th, 2007 01:45 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
miekecFor the past 4 years now, we've seen turtles along the Muddy River. And 3 of those years it was in the same week in June [hm, that sentence smells grammatically incorrect, somehow]! This time, it was June 12, on our morning commute in. It was a big one, this time, probably at least a foot across for just the shell.
One of the things I noticed even more when I was watching than on the picture (not sure it's that obvious on the pictures) was the dragon tail she had. It was long, very strong looking, and definitely ridged/spiked/zigzagged. With that, plus the big size, we most definitely kept our distance. Even Karin wasn't all that convinced it was a pet-able creature, and heeded my warnings. Following some unknown hunch, I had grabbed our camera on the way out this morning, so here's proof:
Snapping turtle along Muddy River bikepath
One of the things I noticed even more when I was watching than on the picture (not sure it's that obvious on the pictures) was the dragon tail she had. It was long, very strong looking, and definitely ridged/spiked/zigzagged. With that, plus the big size, we most definitely kept our distance. Even Karin wasn't all that convinced it was a pet-able creature, and heeded my warnings. Following some unknown hunch, I had grabbed our camera on the way out this morning, so here's proof:
Snapping turtle along Muddy River bikepath
