By Claire Pendergast
During late May and June local snapping turtles were hard at work digging holes around the lake to lay an average their 20 to 40 eggs. They can, however, lay up to 100 eggs. The female snapping turtles will sometimes dig decoy nests to distract predators while laying their eggs in a real nest nearby. Here are some photos of one of Keoka Lake’s snapping turtles while she was digging her holes in preparation for laying her eggs.
This baby snapping turtle was discovered trying to find its way to the lake. It is so tiny and sweet and it’s hard to imagine how it will get there! Only about 5% of snapping turtle eggs hatch, and of those, only about 1% survive to reproductive age.
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