Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 452
rtles of small size. want to know. Lets all learn something new, Washington, D. C. by careful seeing, about them this season.Dear St. Nicholas : Last summer I caught twosmall turtles. One of them slipped through my netbecause it was so small, but the man that was withme caught it with his hand. I… … THE SNAPPING-TURTLE CATCHING A FISH FROM ITS CONCEALED POSITION IN THE MUD. This turtle catches its live prey by a quick snap of its head, hence the name snapping-turtle.
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