{"id":2406,"date":"2010-06-19T08:30:55","date_gmt":"2010-06-19T14:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kabt.org\/?p=2406"},"modified":"2010-06-19T08:31:58","modified_gmt":"2010-06-19T14:31:58","slug":"why-surface-for-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kabt.org\/?p=2406","title":{"rendered":"Why Surface for Air?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Observations of tadpoles in a local pond<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Two days ago, while driving my eldest daughter and a friend to morning swim practice, we ran across, but not over, a rather large snapping turtle crossing the road.\u00a0 This happened just east of Mission Road on 71st Street <\/a>in Shawnee Misson, Kansas (it appears that he may have grown up\u00a0in Indian Hills County Club).\u00a0 Although the turtle appears to have lived quite a productive live to that moment, we figured that we might increase\u00a0its life span by moving him somewhere a little bit less populated.<\/p>\n

Yesterday, my two younger children and I, released our find in a wetland area adjacent to the Blue River in southern Johnson County.\u00a0 While there, I treated my kids to one of the ponds I frequent with students when I am teaching about amphibians.\u00a0 Here is an interesting observation that we made…<\/p>\n