pocket godzilla
While biking home from the department today, I found a young snapping turtle in the middle of the road. I've always had a bit of a soft spot in my head for turtles, and I felt that I had to get it out of the road before someone less observant ran it over. I also wanted to document the event, but I'd left my camera at home... so I picked it up, and lacking any better place to carry it... I tossed it in my book bag and ran back to a friend's lab to borrow his digital camera:
Photos and "Blair Witch" style cinematography courtesy of Brad Smith, © 2007. Kindly note that no turtles were harmed in the making of this picture, and after thoroughly documenting and harassing the poor creature, it was in fact released on the far side of the road near a nice pond.