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Ocelot II

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9. Best I can come up with is a softshell turtle, Apalone spinifera.

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Wed Mar 3, 2021, 01:38 PM

Mar 2021

They're pretty common but you don't see them very often.

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Today is World Wildlife Day! [View all] AndyS Mar 2021 OP

Happy World Wildlife Day! catbyte Mar 2021 #1

Nice! nt AndyS Mar 2021 #4

Lone wolf Bayard Mar 2021 #2

Cool! Lone wolf in a Good Way! nt AndyS Mar 2021 #5

This morning Tbear Mar 2021 #3

Your pic didn't show up 😥 AndyS Mar 2021 #6

A few of mine Callalily Mar 2021 #7

How nice! nt AndyS Mar 2021 #8

Those are fantastic photos, my dear Callalily! How lucky that you were able to catch them. n/t CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2021 #10

Best I can come up with is a softshell turtle, Apalone spinifera. Ocelot II Mar 2021 #9

I like soft shells more than logger heads but both are nearing endangered I think. nt AndyS Mar 2021 #14

This one was a northern spiny softshell, which I found in Lake Pepin, Ocelot II Mar 2021 #19

Bighorn Sheep William Seger Mar 2021 #11

Hummm, might make a whole different 'sheeple' meme 😀 AndyS Mar 2021 #15

A bunny at a local park: CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2021 #12

Oh, what a cute little bunny! That's a cotton tail 'cause his tail looks like a cotton ball. nt AndyS Mar 2021 #16

Elk urbanhermit Mar 2021 #13

Wow. One of your elk is bigger than 6 of my white tail! nt AndyS Mar 2021 #17

There are big elk in Rocky Mtn National Park! n/t urbanhermit Mar 2021 #18

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