Happy hatch day: Nebraska snapping turtle Big Snap Daddy turns 93

LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) – A Nebraska legend celebrated his 93rd hatch day last week.

Big Snap Daddy, a snapping turtle housed at the Schramm Education Center in Gretna, turned 93 on Saturday.

The turtle spent two years at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s herpetology lab before coming home to the renovated Schramm Education Center in 2019.

Happy 93rd Hatch Day, Big Snap Daddy!🐢🎉#NGPC #NEgameandparks #SnappingTurtle #HatchDay #BigSnapDaddy pic.twitter.com/MpmGdd8D0X

— Nebraska Game and Parks (@NEGameandParks) September 3, 2022

Big Snap Daddy loves “bum scratches,” according to a post by the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission.

Game and Parks reminds people to not give their local snapping turtles bum scratches.