We rescued a snapper for this #wednesdaywalk by
My wife somehow spotted this little half dollar sized hatchling in the middle of the road.
I ran out and got it quickly then we had to figure out what to do with it.
After it peed on me I figured it would best be let go at an arboretum pond.
My wife thought about keeping it as a pet but I warned her this thing would grow to be a beast.
Very small only the width of two fingers.
After many photos by my wife we walked to the lake.
But we didn't quite let it go just yet. My daughter had to let it walk around on her hands a bit. Thankfully at this size they don't bite like the big ones.
We let it go in a nice weedy area with duckweed for it to eat. Hopefully the weeds will help hide it from the herons and it will grow into a big dragon beast that can eat fish with one bite.
Plenty of other turtle buddies here too, mostly painted turtles and red eared sliders. But maybe a relative or distant uncle of this snapper lives here too...
Later I did see a huge snapper lurking around some bluegill. Hopefully this guy won't eat the little baby snapper lol. I'm sure these reptiles eat each other if they can as per reptile morality lol.
That's all for now, I'll be keeping an eye out for more hatchlings on the road. I still don't know how my wife even spotted it. One less turtle ending up a grease spot on the road at least. Perhaps it would have made a nice pet but eventually I would have needed a 200 gallon tank for it to live in, that's a bit too much.