Without snapping at each other?
What a turn-off!
This mother is at least 2 feet in diameter with the shell being so high that most vehicles give way to her rather than running over her, as so many drivers are wont to do with reptiles and amphibians.
Every year she crosses the Wil-O-Lea Road, coming in from Smith Bay, to get to the soft soil beside the pond to lay her eggs. She moves very slowly. We always warn the children that she can turn quickly so do not put your hand near the front OR back end.
Then she heads back out to the open waters of Smith Bay, just off L. Ontario, and over to the marsh near Waupoos to spend her summer vacation, before hibernating again.
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