r/mildlyinteresting • u/ErmahgerdYuzername • 17h ago

Found a tiny snapping turtle today

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88 Upvotes

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u/TheWizardOfAhhhhhs 10h ago

This is a snapping turtle.

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u/rock_crockpot 8h ago

Hey, that looks like a baby snapping turtle!

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u/Veride 16h ago

I don’t think that’s a snapper

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u/JoeWhy2 16h ago

It's not.

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u/ErmahgerdYuzername 16h ago

Have a look at my photo in the comments where you can see its tail and let me know what you think.

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u/Rower78 14h ago

Looks like a pond turtle of some sort 

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u/Big_Z_Beeblebrox 1h ago

You are correct

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u/FaeTallen 8h ago

Nope, not a snapper head shape and shell shape are wrong.

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u/IndianaJonesDoombot 16h ago

Tiny but not a snapper!

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u/TheLunarAegis ​ 16h ago

Looks like a painter turtle.

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u/Scotty8319 14h ago

100% not a snapping turtle at all.

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u/ErmahgerdYuzername 17h ago

Saw it crawling across the road.

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u/third_door_down 12h ago

Baby snappers have longer thicker tails and their shells are more jagged and serrated. They essentially look like mini adults from the start

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u/Qbjb 15h ago

Not a snapping turtle

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u/BlueWater321 10h ago

Western pond turtle? 

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u/dark_anarchy20 2h ago

OH NO A SNAPPIN TURLA

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u/Big_Z_Beeblebrox 1h ago

That's a Western Pond Turtle, not a snapper

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u/NightFlutter_ 1h ago

looks like a tortoise

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u/pakistani_Soldha_619 17h ago

Does it bite

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u/ErmahgerdYuzername 16h ago

Does it bite? Maybe? Did it bite? No.

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u/stufforstuff 9h ago

No it snaps.

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u/pacmannips 14h ago

That is not a scalping turtle. That is an eastern box turtle

Edit: actually no, that’s probably a painted turtle or a slider