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If Hollywood ever needs inspiration for a Canadian “face” for the next Ninja Turtles movie, producers need look no farther than Eastern Ontario. Philip Duncan, a fisheries technician for the South Nation Conservation Authority (SNC) enjoyed two rare finds while out on a recent hoop-netting expedition in the Le- mieux Reach area of the watershed, located between Casselman and Plantagenet. Duncan found a rare American eel fol- lowing one pass of the hoop net as part of his monitoring work that day. But the eel wasn’t the only surprise “catch” waiting for him. There was also a record-size snap- ping turtle, almost big enough to be a ninja turtle stand-in for Leonard or Michelangelo, or at least old enough to be on first-name terms with their mentor, Splinter the Rat. Monster turtle turns up in net “A (snapping) turtle that large has to be 80 to 100 years old,”Duncan said. “This is an important find because snapping turtles, as do other turtle species in the watershed, are heavily impacted due to habitat degra- dation and road mortality.” The male snapper Duncan found weighed-in at 37 pounds and six ounces, making him the biggest snapping turtle on record in the South Nation River watershed since SNC began its high-profile Totally Turtles habitat protection and enhance- ment program in 2006. The snapping turtle is listed as a species at risk in Ontario but it is on the “special concern”list, and is one of seven indigenous turtle species that the SNC Totally Turtles program targets. During Duncan’s monito- ring survey, he came across two more snap- ping turtles and a pair of painted turtles. With each turtle a marking notch was made in the creature’s shell before it was released back into the wild. The American eel that showed up in the monitoring net is one of 18 different fish species captured and examined before released back into the water. Data on it and all the other fish collected help create a long-term record of the changing diver- sity of the South Nation watershed habitats throughout its 4200-square-kilometres of streams and woodlands. The eel measured 565 millimetres and weighed 454 grams. Canadian Wildlife Fe- deration biologists will review the data on its capture to determine if this eel might be one of 400 which were released in the Ottawa River above the Carillon Dam. Philip Duncan presents the biggest ever known and recorded snapping turtle found in the South Nation River watershed. Photo SNC
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