The famed snapping turtle can usually be seen hanging out on a pillar on sunny summer days — and she's a sign the river is thriving.

A female snapping turtle re-entered the wild after spending over a year in rehabilitation at the Center for Wildlife in York.

Dr. Dominic Moule, a veterinary surgeon at Wild Side Vets in Cumbria, England, explained to ABC News on Monday how a snapping alligator turtle was discovered in Urswick Tarn, a pond in England ...

He looked down only to realize he was standing over snapping turtles under the ice. The 19-year-old and his family recently moved to Collins, Iowa, from Minnesota and the property has a farm pond.