http://naturebytheyard.com Fostering a Natural Sense of Wonder Thu, 19 Aug 2010 11:05:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://naturebytheyard.com/2004/07/11/snapping-turtle-eggs-rescued/ http://naturebytheyard.com/2004/07/11/snapping-turtle-eggs-rescued/#comments Sun, 11 Jul 2004 19:15:56 +0000 admin http://naturebytheyard.com/2004/07/11/snapping-turtle-eggs-rescued/ In June, 2004, I got a call from a concerned citizen of Princeton who discovered snapping turtle eggs laid in a pile of top soil. After carefully removing them from the property, I brought them home and I am trying to hatch them. To this date, 15 of the 23 are still viable. Watch this site in late August or early September to see if our eggs hatch.

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