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Female Snapping Turtle

Female Snapping Turtle

With a marsh beside our house and a yard consisting mostly of sand, this turtle has come up to lay her eggs. It's that time of the year for the turtles to...
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With a marsh beside our house and a yard consisting mostly of sand, this turtle has come up to lay her eggs. It's that time of the year for the turtles to dig their nests and start the next generation of snappers.
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Canon EOS 7D

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Aperture f/5 ISO 800 Shutter 1/1000 Focal Length 53/1

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Jun, 2016

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