Another day for a critter
Today is International Turtle Day. The shop this time is MichelesBowtique . Daddy loved elephants and foxes, I love frogs, sloths, and red pandas, and my brother-in-law's animal of choice is the turtle. I think he's thinking of the box turtles that are thick as thieves around here, but a sea turtle is what I found. Besides, sea turtles are wicked awesome too. However, my heart will always lie with snapping turtles. Being from the Bootheel, I call these "snappin'" turtles or just "snappers." Alligator snappers are endangered, but I've seen a few and I've gotten pictures. You don't want to monkey with snappers, but they're truly beautiful in their own way. I captured this feller in 2017 just outside Malden city limits. I think this one was your regular snapper and not an alligator snapper, but I've seen both living in our ditches. This chap was about eighteen inches from head to tail, and he scuttled off into the grass after I