Snappers will travel extensively overland to reach new habitat or to lay eggs. Pollution, habitat destruction, food scarcity, overcrowding and other factors will drive snappers to move overland; it is quite common to find them traveling far from the nearest water source.
The Last photo in this series is being displayed at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences.
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This is the cleanest snapper I have ever seen. Generally around here they are moss covered and slimy, creatures from the black lagoon.
It was strange seeing it in the middle of a cornfield.