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The Limits and Damage of Rat Poison
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Allendale Snapping Turtle on the Move
Wait till you see the slow-motion version…
Recorded this morning in Snap-o-Vision.
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Maybe starting to look for nesting places. We would usually get a few that climbed all the way up the hill to my mom’s house on Franklin Turnpike to lay their eggs, which then would get eaten by other wildlife. It always amazed me how far they would go to lay their eggs.
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Me getting out of bed each morning
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Maybe starting to look for nesting places. We would usually get a few that climbed all the way up the hill to my mom’s house on Franklin Turnpike to lay their eggs, which then would get eaten by other wildlife. It always amazed me how far they would go to lay their eggs.
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Me getting out of bed each morning