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Bonus Fish Mystery: Can You Solve It?
On Friday afternoon, a Painted Turtle laid her eggs in the backyard (next to the Celery Farm).
On Saturday morning, I found a dead fish in the back driveway and the turtle eggs dug up and eaten.
Coincidence or …?
Also can anyone I.D. the dead fish? I can't make head nor tail of it.
6 comments
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Definitely not a carp. Possibly a crappie.
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Rock bass.
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I would say it is a pumpkinseed
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Carpe Diem. Remember the bird eating frogs? Did this occur on a Friday, perchance?
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Could it be a raccoon?
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carp is our best guess
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Fred Harris
Definitely not a carp. Possibly a crappie.
Joe K
Rock bass.
Chris Alber
I would say it is a pumpkinseed
Forrest Munger
Carpe Diem. Remember the bird eating frogs? Did this occur on a Friday, perchance?
Marianne Herrmann
Could it be a raccoon?
sallyt.
carp is our best guess