"TeaLady (Mari C.)" wrote in message
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A few years back a snapper took a shine to the property where my
sis works. I was telling her of this tale, and she emailed me a
few pics of this great beast. It was a she, and per sis, laid
eggs on the property, and the later hatchlings were adored by
all before being relocated to an unnamed location.

I can email the pics, if anyone is interested, or y'all can wait
until I get my picture thing up and running. No pics of egg
laying, at least not that she sent me, but several good shots of
a ginormous snapper.

If anyone has a need, I can send them a 20-minute video of a box turtle
digging a hole to lay her eggs in. After 20 minutes, I realized this could
end up taking a long time, and I was covered with mosquito bites, so I
decided to call it a night. I came out the next day and there was no trace
of any egg-laying activity there. If I hadn't taken some close-up pics of
the spot whilte the turtle was there, I wouldn't even have been able to find
the spot. I don't know if the eggs ever hatched. A few years earlier, I came
across a box turtle (maybe the same one?) at another spot nearby laying
eggs, but those had been dug up and presumably eaten by the next morning. If
I ever get the time, I'll probably make an animated GIF of this video.