Post by swetz on Oct 8, 2016 11:49:00 GMT -5
So I'm out at my place checking plots, walking around, and just doing some general planning for the season.
I see a box turtle ahead on the trail, which is cool and not uncommon around my land. I get up to it and it's just the top part of the shell. I flipped it over with a stick and the bottom half of the shell was pretty much right under it. Everything was completely cleaned off the shell.
I didn't have my phone to grab a picture, but it struck me as odd. I wasn't sure what could have pulled the turtle apart without leaving any marks on the shell. I suppose the turtle could have just died and the soft parts rotted away, but the shell sure was bright still and very clean on the underside.
I see a box turtle ahead on the trail, which is cool and not uncommon around my land. I get up to it and it's just the top part of the shell. I flipped it over with a stick and the bottom half of the shell was pretty much right under it. Everything was completely cleaned off the shell.
I didn't have my phone to grab a picture, but it struck me as odd. I wasn't sure what could have pulled the turtle apart without leaving any marks on the shell. I suppose the turtle could have just died and the soft parts rotted away, but the shell sure was bright still and very clean on the underside.
I eat snappers, durn good eatin.
