Muddy's Journey: A Snapping Turtle Story
Channel: Maine Audubon Media
Date: 2023-06-07

In September 2022, a nest full of baby Snapping Turtles hatched here at Maine Audubon's Gilsland Farm Audubon Center in Falmouth, Maine.  We kept one of them, the biggest and the muddiest, to spend the winter in our Discovery Room, so it could get a head start on its growth and teach us all about the early life of these ancient creatures. The turtle became quite popular both with staff and visitors; we nicknamed it Muddy. 

Now, almost nine months later, this turtle is a bit bigger and ready to move from their little tank to the big pond. We released Muddy into the pond on June 1, 2023. Now we'll see what happens!