Saw this little guy bunting minnows and such in the local creek. He's the only snapping turtle I've seen in the creek proper and I was super pumped to get some good pictures of him and watch his hunting.

Unfortunately, he saw me and immediately ran under the rock shelf I was standing on. I stuck around for a while in hopes he would come back out, but all he did was poke his head out to check if I was there and refuse to emerge.

Sad, but at least I got a picture of it peeking at me. (Side note: turtles look kind of creepy under water. I totally understand why people have mistaken them for monsters.)

Posted on June 2, 2022 02:02 AM by nick_nv04