bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus), male defending nest made in abandoned aquatic plant planter, with snapping turtle,(Chelydra serpentina), Maryland

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Photo credit: © John Cancalosi / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: aquatic, biodiversity, blooded, cold, maryland, mid-atlantic, photography, portrait, reptile, reptilian, scales, shell, tortuga, turtle, vertebrata, vertebrate, wildlife