Educational Ambassador: Edmund Fitzgerald
Snapping Turtle
(Chelydra serpentina)
Fitz's Personal History
Species: Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina)
Family: Chelydridae
Age: Hatched in 2025
Sex: Male
Weight: Still growing
Location Found: Duluth, MN
History: Fitz was found abandoned in an apartment in Duluth as a hatchling and was brought into Wildwoods Rehabilitation in Duluth. Since it can’t be proven where he was collected from he has been declared non-releasable and will be with Osprey Wilds for the rest of his life.
