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Within a 2 week span, I've found 2 good sized snapping turtles dead in my 3/4 acre pond. Other than they stopped breathing, does anyone have any idea what might have happened to them?
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Just turtles? Notice any contusions, abnormalities, etc.? Take any pictures? It's my understanding that snappers are pretty hardy critters so I can't imagine something in the water killing them while fish continued to swim. Do you have any poachers that might have offed them?
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"Luke, go fetch that turtle." Boss with no eyes shot em.
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A few years ago I watched 2 snappers that were fighting in the pond. For what reason, I have no idea. But, not too long after that one was floating in the pond, dead. I've never been able to figure out why.
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I didn't take any pictures, but I looked them over closely. I could see no obvious reasons for their deaths. Lots of minnows swimming, so I could surmise it was nothing in the water?
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