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Rock River Water Reclamation District Has Large Turtle Visitor
I used to live by a family that had large tortoises as pets. Every once and a while you'd catch them out in the yard, it was pretty cool.
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Today the Rock River Water Reclamation District received an unexpected guest.
They posted a picture of the large turtle they found onto Facebook. The RRWRD was unsure of the age of the turtle.
from the looks of those claws and size, could be as old as our plant!
Photo from Roger Fritz of the Rock River Water Reclamation District
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