Creature from the Algae Lagoon

[yourlibrarian]

Spotted a long dark shape in the lake and figured it was a fish coming up, as they sometimes do in hot weather. No idea what this is but reminds me of those blobfish.

Comments

[xerimorph]

A snapping turtle! Very cool, I've never seen one in the wild.

[scytale]

Omg, that's so exciting! (Especially if it's a snapping turtle - I read a book about them recently but have never got to see one in person)

[redsixwing]

Oh coooool!

[pauraque]

I agree with snapping turtle. We do get them here and they look just like this with their necks stretched out!

[twistedchick]

Definitely a snapping turtle. Depending on the type of snapper, the shell can be arched so it has a little at the surface of the water and a great deal more underneath -- and they swim with their tails stretched out also.

[weird]

They’re lovely! So shiny!

[zenigotchas]

Turtles are such cuties oh my gosh

[shirebound]

What a marvelous creature sighting.

[adafrog]

Cool.

[turlough]

What a cool sighting! I would never have guessed it was a turtle, but then we don't have them here in Sweden.