Snapping Turtles laying eggs 2019

Two Snapping Turtles laying eggs, In the same hole !

[@snappers_antique_firearms]

That was so cool seeing them lay eggs. Thanks for putting this video out. Hopefully one day i will be lucky enough to help out these amazing turtles in the wild like you have. I find it interesting that the temperature the turtle eggs are at while the eggs incubate in the ground. determines if it's a male or female. So if you are ever worried about the population. You can get a egg incubator. Then set the temp to get lots more females. Thanks again i can watch snapping turtles all day.

[@dr.durellshepard398]

I'm pleased that you enjoyed the video. I too found the egg temperature phenomenon interesting, not sure what nature had in mind there? Regards....Doc

[@snappers_antique_firearms]

@@dr.durellshepard398 i am just guessing here but i think maybe to protect the species through hard times. So maybe the weather that is more detrimental to them they have more females so they can lay more eggs. But like I said it's just a guess

[@dr.durellshepard398]

@@snappers_antique_firearms Sounds plausible, nature has its reasons.

[@richardhillman9745]

awesome.

[@dr.durellshepard398]

Thank you, Richard. ...Doc

[@453421abcdefg12345]

Very interesting! Do they normally lay in a pile of decomposing vegetation that will generate the heat for incubation? I could see no source of incubation heat where these eggs were , yet you got a successful hatch , well done! Chris B.

[@dr.durellshepard398]

Hi Chris, I understand that the temperature of incubation determines the sex of the hatch-lings. I have seem many of these "nests" over the years, but always in sand. They must know something that we do not ??? Perhaps your suggestion of decomposing vegetative matter would be beneficial to ground laying birds like Turkey or Woodcock ? .......Doc

[@oldscoutgp]

Hey Doc, it looks like a case of reptile disfunction going on there. Hope those eggs don't get poached.

[@dr.durellshepard398]

Yes Sir, that's what you get when they try to lay eggs after a gender swap. The Racoon comes into the yard every night with a camp stove in his backpack, so I'm thinking maybe an omelet being that their already scrambled from all the shenanigans. ! ? ! ?

[@longuecarbine]

Interesting how little of their body is inside the shell. I guess they are scary enough no one messes with them. When I was a kid we had a Desert Tortoise that would hibernate under our bed in the SoCal winter. I don’t think I’d care to have a Snapping Turtle that close to my toes. I’d love to have one but I have been told its too cold here in the Pacific Northwest.

[@dr.durellshepard398]

Cool story about your Tortoise ! Be sure to check out ( just Click on his icon above) Snappers antique firearms Unlimited (snafu) channel and (under the SHORTS tab) Timothy the Tortoise video for an amazing story.

[@Kunelciyan]

Hello Doc, I couldn't help but notice that you've removed quite a bit of your videos. Any reason as to why? I'd be glad to know.

[@dr.durellshepard398]

Hello and thanks for your interest. I will be up-dating them......Doc