Friday, April 7, 2023

Sad Easter story: Gracie the one-eyed snapping turtle fails to find Eternal Life

There's been a story up all of Good Friday on CBC about how Gracie the one-eyed snapper has mysteriously gone missing. According to the story, Gracie is 125 years old. It is alleged that Gracie's disappearance is linked to the in-filling of her native wetland. Well, maybe, but... how long do snapping turtles live? At 125 it seems to me Gracie has had one helluva run. Was she the victim of habitat encroachment, or did she die of old age? So I went on the world wide web to get the lowdown on turtle longevity. Ontarionature.org claims up to 70 years. The University of Michigan biokids.umich.edu claims a mere 35 years in the wild. Wikipedia claims there's been cases of snappers making it to 100. Gracie is 125, and if it wasn't for the greedy bastards despoiling her wetland, she surely would have lived forever? Get outta here!

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