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Found on a walk along a lake in Kentucky and brought home.
#15 Shell taken for the 52 in 2015 Challenge Group.
Saw this little guy while coming home. I think he (or she) left the stream on the side of the road to cross over to the other side, perhaps to lay eggs (I've seen turtles do just that in nearly the exact same spot in the past).
This young snapping turtle was crossing a path at a lakeside park, I was standing guard when a guy with a bike came along and he stopped got off his bike and "helped" the turtle on his way, and he dropped him-d-uh!!! He seemed okay but was moving a lot quicker after being dropped!
Cochise Co., Arizona - This guy saw us and dove into the nearest mud-puddle (from monsoon rains) in the road.
Painted turtles lay their eggs in late May-June in a gravelly bank up to a hundred feet from the water. The female then covers the eggs which hatch out around September. The young 'uns then stay in the nest until the following spring.