Animals

Done Laying My Eggs

While driving down a road that goes along the lake shores, I saw a turtle about to enter the road so pulled over. With muddy feet and butt, she had obviously just come from laying her eggs and was returning to the lake on the other side of the road from her. She has a look of satisfaction on her face from a job well done.
Female Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans)

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