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Wildlife of Kentucky: Turtle in the Holler 2009-05-29 - The Holler, Old Clearsprings RD, Columbia, KY - Photo by Shamarie Claiborne. A MOTHERHOOD MOMENT was interrupted when Dusty Claiborne and his friend Levi were hunting in The Holler. They discovered this turtle, laying eggs, and hollered for the photographer. "When I got there," Shamarie Claiborne said, "she was laying eggs in the dirt."They looked like little white ping-pong balls, somewhere between the size of a quarter and a half-dollar. She looked at me as thoough to say, 'Can't you see I'm busy here,' and went on about her egg laying." The boys called the turtle a snapping turtle. Shamarie wouldn't confirm that, calling it only "Some kind of turtle." But she would appreciate an outdoors type person's opinion on taxonomy. Permalink | Comments?

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