Just when you thought it was safe to go in the water!

I was working on Soroki at the end of the dock this afternoon and was adjusting the fenders when I saw something in the water between the hull and the dock. At first I thought it was a dark colored baseball cap, half under water. I knealt down to get a better look and couldn't believe my eyes. It was a turtle, a good sized one at that, at least a foot from nose to tail. It looked lifeless so I reached down and lifted it out by one of its legs, only to discover it was a fresh water snapping turtle. How or why it got into the ocean I have no idea, but it couldn't have survived very long out there. I transported it to its new home in the the pond at Hinckley Park. Forget jaws, don't be dangling those toes off the Centerboard docks.