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The Big Dead-Fish Clean-Up
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September 18, 2018
A Few Cool Yard Sightings
Came across some cool mushrooms and some recently dug up Canada Goose eggs in the yard the other day. (I call the dug-up eggs "the Little Big Horn effect.")
The new batch of Snapping Turtle eggs reminded me of the young Snapping Turtles I see in the spring — could the snappers lay the eggs in the fall, and they hatch in the spring?
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Thank you! Fascinating.
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Many turtle species have hatchlings that can overwinter in the nest and emerge in the spring, snappers included. The thought is that the emergence date depends on the temperature during incubation (and how quickly they develop), as well as rainfall at the beginning of the fall to signal them to emerge. Ideally, they’ll emerge in the fall, but if they aren’t ready to emerge in the fall, they’re capable of surviving the winter in the nest and emerging in the spring; though, it’s been shown to be more stressful than emerging in the fall and overwintering in the water.
I’m a college student who’s spent the last two summers studying turtles (Terrapins on Sedge Island and painted and snappers in Acadia National Park). -
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Jim Wright
Thank you! Fascinating.
Sidney A.
Many turtle species have hatchlings that can overwinter in the nest and emerge in the spring, snappers included. The thought is that the emergence date depends on the temperature during incubation (and how quickly they develop), as well as rainfall at the beginning of the fall to signal them to emerge. Ideally, they’ll emerge in the fall, but if they aren’t ready to emerge in the fall, they’re capable of surviving the winter in the nest and emerging in the spring; though, it’s been shown to be more stressful than emerging in the fall and overwintering in the water.
I’m a college student who’s spent the last two summers studying turtles (Terrapins on Sedge Island and painted and snappers in Acadia National Park).
Deedee Burnside
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