There's a pond behind my boyfriend's house and so they get baby snappers almost every year. They were probably only a day or so out of the shell. We always look for them so we can rescue as many as we can and bring them to a bigger pond. Two years ago we got about 15 of them and brought them to a huge pond in a nearby state park. I used to think it was a creepy pond, but now I call it Turtle Pond and wave at it every time I walk past
I cant take much credit for these. They were captive turtles at the nature center I was working at at the time. The snapper was taken from a home that wasn't taking proper care of it's shell is slightly deformed.