and they move through the water like F16s,” Franklin says. He once found a softshell that had survived what appeared to be an attack from a larger, even tougher alligator snapping turtle.

FLAMINGO FOUND IN FRANKLIN COUNTY. THE GAME COMMISSION TELLS US THE FLAMINGO UNDERWENT SURGERY YESTERDAY AFTER BEING INJURED BY A SNAPPING TURTLE. THE FLAMINGO IS NOW RECOVERING AT RAVEN RIDGE ...

A flamingo who was critically injured by a snapping turtle after being blown off course ... its mate were first spotted at Long Lane Pond in Franklin County the weekend of Sept.

The famed snapping turtle, dubbed “Chonkosaurus” by internet commentators when pictures of her basking on a Chicago River pylon first went viral in summer 2023, reappeared earlier this week.

Last week, the two American flamingos were observed swimming at Long Lane Pond in St. Thomas, Franklin County ... of an animal rehab center after a snapping turtle attacked its leg.

The famed reptile emerged with her longtime mate late last month in the Chicago River near Goose Island. But a new, unnamed turtle in the area has conservationists wondering if there is trouble in ...