Snapping Turtle?

in nature •  7 years ago 

Hey there, Steemians!

Today I went on another bike ride, just like the one yesterday, but when I got to the marsh, I decided to adventure a bit.

I went past a gate that is supposed to keep cars out, but found a footpath and followed it. It ended up leading to a wooded area with a nice path. It turned right at what seemed to be the border of the marsh, which had a creek along its border.

I turned right again, and this time was bordering the mobile home park which bordered the northern side of the marsh. Before I got too far, I noticed a huge turtle ahead of me. Here is that turtle.

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I noticed he was chomping down on some particular weed. I decided to go pick a bunch more for him and put them in front of him.

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At first, he hid in his shell and only peeked out his head a bit, but then when I brought him the food, he seemed to trust me a little more.

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I didn’t want to ruin his meal, so I left him in peace, but not before taking a few videos of him.

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What a wonderful creature @vegansilverstack ! Great shots! Where was that?

North Fort Myers, Florida. Thank you !

I think your pictures are talking. your picture full of creativity! continue this way.

Cool shots!
I haven’t seen a turtle around here in forever!

Cute little turtle :) my family takes care of four pet turtles, they are so interesting ^_^ even though they might seem boring and slow, i love to watch turtles and think they are very interesting animals :3

Nice, big turtle!

no! thats some kind of tortoise ! how beautiful

Really amazed by your photography keep it up @vegansilverstack hope you continue doing this!!

so nice tortoise picture. i like it

So cool! We get snapping turtles here as well. I am always amazed at nature's ingenuity!

fabulous one

how wonderful is nature, when I was a little girl my dad gave me a little turtle, while playing with her I lost sight of her and disappeared, I lamented and thought I had lost her, but it turns out that she hides, afterwards she appeared again and more big, he came out of hiding! hehehe I love animals, in my country there are varieties of types of turtles I just made a post of a turtle that is particularly unique the name is Matamata Turtle its form is unique