Baby Turtle

I found this strange looking creature in the Medina River in Bandera, Texas. It is an Eastern spiny softshell turtle Apalone spinefera. It is too small to sex yet. It has some really cool features, like an extremely long neck, and a snorkle-like nose to poke out of the water to breathe. They are super fast swimmers, and will bite with their bird-like beak. Lucky for me, this ones mouth was too small.

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