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Snapping Turtle Carapace3

This is the product of a self-limiting bacteria that didnt quite limit itself on this poor snapper. It had multiple growths like this, with the worst one right in the spinal cord, which presumably paralyzed the turtle, leading to a rather slow and painful death.

 

Massapequa Preserve, NY

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Uploaded on August 1, 2014
Taken on July 31, 2014