Those things look prehistoric, don't they. Nice shots. Funny, I have been meaning to post some photos of a snapper that I stumbled upon down at the park near us. It was pretty big although I have seen bigger. It was bigger than the one you had, by looking at the foot in the photo, but I didn't get close enough to get a scale like that, its head was way bigger than my fist even and I didn't want to get too close, it wasn't liking me the way it was. I estimated it to be at least 12 inches across the shell and about 16-17 inches long (just the shell). Here are some shots I got.....
It didn't pull into the shell much at all, more like stared me down daring me to get closer. If it would have opened its mouth, I could have put my fist in there!
I loved all the duckweed all over it....
It eventually decided I wasn't a threat and turned around and walked away from me....
