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The turtle emerged from hibernation. (Original Post)
Baitball Blogger
Mar 2020
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efhmc
(14,723 posts)1. Funny pic but a little more info, please.
Baitball Blogger
(46,684 posts)3. It was posted last year on Facebook.
A snapping turtle just after emerging from hibernating, buried in the mud. This is where the Native American legends of the Earth being brought into existence and carried on the shell of a turtle originated from.
Image and write up via - Stephen Parfitt with Tory Ebberts, Orion Bliss, Antonio Lopez and Kheir Edine Sammakieh.
efhmc
(14,723 posts)4. Very interesting. Thank you.
Sanity Claws
(21,841 posts)7. Wow
What a great photo. It is also great to know the origins of the Native American lore.
OnDoutside
(19,948 posts)2. There's Mitch !
a kennedy
(29,618 posts)5. Ha ha ha.......looks exactly like him.
and oh yah, I DESPISE HIM.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)6. This one looks much nicer than the one from Kentucky. eom