snapping turtle laid eggs under mud,the river flooded,eggs are still there, river is back down, will they hatc

Question

the snapping turtle laid them and the river went up, and coverd the eggs in at least 6 feet of water, the river is back down and the mud is now dry, the eggs are still there, they are laid in eggs with fluid so they wouldnt dround or anything, but will they still hatch?

Answer 1

HOLD ON.... BEFORE YOU TOUCH IT CHECK YOUR STATES LAWS ABOUT SNAPPERS... IN TEXAS ALLIGATOR SNAPPERS ARE ILLEGAL TO EVEN TOUCH WITHOUT A PERMIT.
SO CHECK THAT BEFORE YOU TOUCH ANYTHING...
ALSO...
IF IT IS OK, YOU CAN TRY TO CANDLE THEM IF YOU MUST. BUT BE SURE TO PUT THE EGG BACK THE EXACT SAME WAY IT WAS.
NOW MY ADVICE IS TO LET NATURE TAKE ITS COURSE. REPTILES LAY SO MANY EGGS BECAUSE OF THE MORTALITYT RATE OF THEIR SPECIES. ITS KINDA NATURES INSURANCE PLAN FOR KEEPING THEM ALIVE. I AM SURE THEY ARE FINE AS LONG AS THE TEMP REMAINED OK, ALTHOUGH IN REALITY IF THE TEMP DROPPED BELOW 75 DEGREES THEY ARE MOST LIKELY DEAD... ITS SAD BUT THATS LIFE...
JUST BE HAPPY YOU GOT TO SEE THIS SITE OF A TURTLE NEST. I HAVE BEEN IN ANIMAL/REPTILE RESCUE FOR OVER 10 YEARS AND NEVER CAME ACORSS A WILD NESTING SITE.

Answer 2

Snapping turtle babies have lungs, and if the eggs were covered with water, they all would have drowned. The shell is porous and lets in oxygen but also water.

Answer 3

They probably drowned- but snappers tend to thrive even after such things, so don't worry about them too much.

Answer 4

they may or may not, don't touch them, just let nature take its coarse. turtles lay many eggs becuae some of them do not make it.