The march of the Snappers
Each year about this time, the snapping turtles emerge from the creek at the dog park, somehow climb up the steep, man-made embankment and slowly creep across the path to the swamp. This one was making good time since she was there on our way into the park, but gone by the time we returned.
She was about the size of a Frisbee–a big honkin’ Frisbee with a beak that’ll snap your little doggie toes off.
“Billie! Get away from that. It’s not a short, green, slimy dog.”
Whew! At least she sniffed its tail end and stayed away from the dangerous part!
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Posted on June 1, 2013, in dogs, LoL!, real life, update and tagged dog park, Fun, snapping turtle. Bookmark the permalink. 4 Comments.
Deer, turtles, what creature will you encounter next at the dog park?
Don’t forget the dirty-faced fox. There’s also Canada geese, ducks, and something furry and brown that swims so I can’t get a good luck at it. And one year, foot-long fish that swam upstream to spawn–at entirely the wrong time of year.
And that’s downtown Toronto? Huh. The furry brown thing could be a muskrat.
That’s be my best guess. If it were a beaver, I’d see chewed saplings from time to time.