On Monday, June 4, 2018 at 4:13:39 AM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
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> They don't need big swamps. They also live in ponds and streams. There
> is a small marsh a half mile down the road from me and another one about
> a half mile mile into the woods, but there are two streams through my
> property and my neighbour has a pond. I often see snappers walking
> around on my lawn.

My friend has a bunch of turtles and tortoises in his yard. I suspect that some magnetic anomaly in the area draws them to him. He built a pond for them and they'll sun themselves by the pond during the day. When they see me or some stranger walk by, they'll dive into the pond. Plop, plop, plop. Evidently turtles have pretty good eyesight. These terrapins are the ones people used to buy for pets, the red eared ones. Beats me if they make good eatin'.