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Photo by Kathleen Rolfsrud, (angry and disgusted)
The painted turtles have no choice but to tolerate this rare visit to their island. Note that most of the seven have tucked their heads inside their shells. Clearly, the big snapper is not trusted, even by its civil cousins. |
You'll forgive our intolerance as we bait a live trap with Stan's athletic socks stuffed with stinky offal in hopes of capturing and removing this curse. The trigger has been adjusted to ignore the lightweights that are sharing the island with this interloper, we still love the little painted ones… they live and let live.
Not so the gross snapping turtle with its voracious appetite and prehistoric manners.
Just swim this way, sir, just a bit closer, come on now. . .
