Baby Snapping Turtle! Need Help!!!
I was riding my bike and saw a baby snapping turtle crossing the road and a guy in the truck was coming. He saw the turtle so he reversed got his tires lined up with the turtle to run him over. I quickly rode my bike in front of the truck so he couldn't run him over. I brought him home. I could tell it was a male but I need to know how to measure the poor little guy. Do you measure the shell from neck to tail or measure from neck to tip of the tail? I have an estimate length scale to an age of a snapping turtle but I just need to know how to measure the shell. So could turtle experts help me here. I owned a snapping turtle before but never knew the correct way to measure one. Just measuring the shell he is about 2 inches but if you measure from neck to tip of tail he is about 4 inches. What is the correct way to measure a snapping turtle?
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