Iron County Record | 1936-07-16 | Page 5 | Home of the Snapping Turtle

Home Horn of lh tL tb Snipping Snapping Turtle I t The snapping turtle Inhabits muddy mud mull dy rivers lakes and ponds In all parts parta of America from Canada to the Equator It will lie He In III the tha water for tor hours on end with only its Iti nostrils above aboe the surface to allow al allow allow al- al low It to breathe Hut But when the necessity arises It U can remain below below be be- low the surface for a long tong time It crawls along the ilia bottom seeking food which mostly consists of ot fish with occasional limo small II water fowl Food Is rou roughly bly torn to pieces pIece between between between be be- tween the jaws and front claws and this his animal seems to be completely com corn I carnivorous Like all the which Inhabit water this I one hiss has broad webbed feet teet each having long coarse nails Dall I