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Waving At Me

I was standing on the pier looking way out on the lake at Sunset Bay. I could see something moving too far away to tell what it was. I took a shot and later processed and cropped it. Turned out to be a big female softshell waving at me. Guess she really wanted her picture taken.
Female Pallid Spiny Softshell (Apalone spinifera ssp. pallida)

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