{"id":13333,"date":"2013-05-31T20:25:46","date_gmt":"2013-06-01T01:25:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=13333"},"modified":"2013-06-01T07:57:12","modified_gmt":"2013-06-01T12:57:12","slug":"sunset-with-dinosaurs-in-southcoast-wetlands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=13333","title":{"rendered":"Sunset with Dinosaurs in SouthCoast Wetlands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/facebook-sunset-snapper-001-960.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13335\" title=\"Sierra Exif JPEG\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/facebook-sunset-snapper-001-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/facebook-sunset-snapper-001-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/facebook-sunset-snapper-001-480-300x158.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Dinosaur-Like Snapper Nests at Sunset<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">An exquisite evening in SouthCoast wetlands on the last day of May.\u00c2\u00a0 Steaming hot with a brilliant sunset.\u00c2\u00a0 Bullfrogs bellowing, wood frogs croaking, red-wing blackbirds screeching &#8230; and dinosaur-like snappers nesting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><object width=\"480\" height=\"360\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/EVTVghhCBl4?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed width=\"480\" height=\"360\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/EVTVghhCBl4?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Dinosaur\u00c2\u00a0at Sunset in SouthCoast Wetlands<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In a calm trance state fueled by oxytocin, this beautiful gal allowed us to lie beside her within inches to photograph her\u00c2\u00a0chiseled profile and to document the nesting process.\u00c2\u00a0 And, yes; I know.\u00c2\u00a0 It&#8217;s deuce difficult to distinguish between video and still.\u00c2\u00a0 They&#8217;re that slow and deliberate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/facebook-sunset-snapper-010-960.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13341\" title=\"Sierra Exif JPEG\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/facebook-sunset-snapper-010-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/facebook-sunset-snapper-010-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/facebook-sunset-snapper-010-480-300x254.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Snapping Turtle Posed to Deposit Eggs<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We remain in awe of the power of these living fossils.\u00c2\u00a0 This lass dug through layers of rocky gravel to create her nest, using her tail to anchor her body.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/facebook-sunset-snapper-004-closeup-480.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13339\" title=\"Sierra Exif JPEG\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/facebook-sunset-snapper-004-closeup-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/facebook-sunset-snapper-004-closeup-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/facebook-sunset-snapper-004-closeup-480-300x234.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Gorgeous Nesting Female Snapper<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Some say a face that only a mother could love.\u00c2\u00a0 Heck no.\u00c2\u00a0 This lovely lass is a mother herself, and any self-respecting dinosaur would find her perfectly appealing.<\/span>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dinosaur-Like Snapper Nests at Sunset An exquisite evening in SouthCoast wetlands on the last day of May.\u00c2\u00a0 Steaming hot with a brilliant sunset.\u00c2\u00a0 Bullfrogs bellowing, wood frogs croaking, red-wing blackbirds screeching &#8230; 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