Photo: Creature from the Black Lagoon...

Photo by Gloria Z Nagler

...aka Red-eared Slider emerging from Lake Washington. Look at those claws!

(I remember watching the 1954 movie*...yikes!)

GZN

*For those who don't understand the reference:

A strange prehistoric beast lurks in the depths of the Amazonian jungle. A group of scientists try to capture the animal and bring it back to civilization for study - imbd.com

1954 horror movie