Animals

Side By Side

Neither the turtle nor the snake paid any attention to the other. It was a nice size diamondback water snake so most likely a female. I think the cooter was also a female.
River Cooter (Pseudemys concinna)
Diamondback water snake (Nerodia rhombifer)

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