Like four busted little ping pong balls, these snapping turtle eggs have hatched the occupants into the wild. In the spring, a turtle mom will lay 20, 40 sometimes as many as 100 eggs in her nest, bury it, and then just lets the chips fall where they lay. Maybe these little snappers survived, maybe they were eaten by crows or raccoons, we don't know. But a staggering 90% of turtle eggs and babies are wiped out before they ever reach the pond. Duck and cover, lil' snapper!

06.08.19
Wagner Free Institute of Science
Philadelphia, PA