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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail=_0B93CBB5-FE1E-4036-9B55-760EEF84AF18 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Keith=92s identification is correct, of course. For a turtle on a paved = road, it=92s not easy to determine its direction of travel, so a guess = has to be made when getting it off the pavement. Roadside gravel = shoulders are popular egg-laying sites. Snapping turtles can be picked = up by the base of the tail, but try to limit the time of carrying the = turtle, and be very careful of course to watch out for its bite! Enjoy = the nesting season of June & July. =20 Cheers from Jim in Wolfville Begin forwarded message: > From: GayleMacLean <duartess@EastLink.ca> > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Massive Snapping Turtle at the Herbert River = Trail > Date: June 12, 2015 at 6:45:40 PM EDT > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >=20 > I would always allow/encourage it to continue on the direction it is = going. If it is this big, it is most likely a mature female, could be 30 = - 40 years old! Certainly, females are looking to lay their eggs around = this time. She knows where she is going... > I have some great pics of a very large snapping turtle laying her eggs = on the gravel shore of Red Bridge Pond, here in Dartmouth, June 18th, a = couple of years ago. > =20 > Lucky you!! > =20 > Cheers!! > =20 > Gayle MacLean > Dartmouth > =20 > =20 > =20 > On 06/12/15 07:01 PM, Keith Lowe <mythos25@live.com> wrote: >>=20 >> I=92m sure it would be a common sighting for some on this list but I = just ran across the biggest turtle I ever saw. I think it is a Common = Snapping Turtle but correct me if I=92m wrong. >>=20 >> =20 >>=20 >> It was right in the middle of the trial on my way back. ATVs do go on = this trail but it was very large and I=92m sure it would be readily seen = well in advance. I always stop to move a turtle across the road if I see = one crossing a road which has cars. I assume that is okay? What about = this instance with the snapper. Picking it up would not be an option but = should I have tried to encourage to cross the trial? I don=92t know that = was its intention though, maybe it just wanted to stop in the middle and = bask in the sun. >>=20 >> =20 >>=20 >> I have a few pics here. I should have put something in one of the = frames for perspective because these pics do not convey its massive = size. >>=20 >> = https://onedrive.live.com/?cid=3DF201A4640851D037&id=3Df201a4640851d037%21= 51219 >>=20 >> =20 >>=20 >> Keith Lowe >>=20 >>=20 --Apple-Mail=_0B93CBB5-FE1E-4036-9B55-760EEF84AF18 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html = charset=3Dwindows-1252"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: = after-white-space;">Keith=92s identification is correct, of course. = For a turtle on a paved road, it=92s not easy to determine its = direction of travel, so a guess has to be made when getting it off the = pavement. Roadside gravel shoulders are popular egg-laying sites. = Snapping turtles can be picked up by the base of the tail, but try = to limit the time of carrying the turtle, and be very careful of course = to watch out for its bite! Enjoy the nesting season of June & = July. <div><br></div><div>Cheers from Jim in = Wolfville<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px;"><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, = 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">GayleMacLean <<a = href=3D"mailto:duartess@EastLink.ca">duartess@EastLink.ca</a>><br></spa= n></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; = color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';"><b>Re: [NatureNS] Massive Snapping = Turtle at the Herbert River Trail</b><br></span></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px;"><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, = 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">June 12, 2015 at 6:45:40 PM = EDT<br></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: = </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a><br></s= pan></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, = 1.0);"><b>Reply-To: </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';"><a= = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a><br></s= pan></div><br><div><div style=3D"font-family: Helvetica; font-size: = 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; = letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: = start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div>I = would always allow/encourage it to continue on the direction it is = going. If it is this big, it is most likely a mature female, could be 30 = - 40 years old! Certainly, females are looking to lay their eggs = around this time. She knows where she is going...</div><div>I have some = great pics of a very large snapping turtle laying her eggs on the gravel = shore of Red Bridge Pond, here in Dartmouth, June 18th, a couple of = years ago.</div><div> </div><div>Lucky = you!!</div><div> </div><div>Cheers!!</div><div> </div><div>Gayle= = MacLean</div><div>Dartmouth</div><div> </div><div> </div><div>&n= bsp;<