Snapping Turtle at Skokie Lagoons

There's a snapping turtle at a nature preserve in Glenview, but

 otherwise I had no idea that these lived in the Skokie Lagoons. I imagine they 

don't move around much, and this one seemed pretty unfriendly. A group of bikers 

had gathered around the turtle and thought it was neat so I got off my bike and 

snapped a few photos (pun). It was somewhat large and ugly and encountering

one of them was probably pretty rare.

I had my f/1.8 while I was biking along the trail, so that's the aperture

 I used, which explains the blur. It usually works well when I take close-ups 

of wildlife that aren't too far away. 

Glencoe

Taken in October 2011