Here's a thought, one thing that has surprised me is the amount of travel between ponds by turtles. We see the tracks in the sand all the time. They must go back and forth constantly. Is it possible that a snapper could carry eggs from one pond to another? I highly doubt that the eggs would dry out in the underbrush between ponds. Especially when traveling at night or when its raining. Snappers always have a fair amount of moss on their shell that would stay moist and could form a substrate for eggs. It only takes one successful trip. I'm only talking about 300' in this case. What do you guys think?