Watch your wheels: Baby snapping turtles are on the bike path by Hula

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Juvenile snapping turtles are hatching and crossing the bike path in Burlington's South End.

Officials advise the public to let the turtles cross on their own and not to handle them.

Mind your wheels — juvenile snapping turtles have breached their eggs and are on the move across the bike path in Burlington’s South End.

The eggs were laid mid-June, and the Burlington Parks, Recreation and Waterfront Department has been keeping an eye on them throughout their 90-day incubation.

The nest is by the bike path near the Hula Lakeside building. The turtles, once hatched, won’t receive any care from their parents. Instead, they'll slowly leave the nest alone and journey elsewhere, likely toward Lake Champlain or another body of water, over the next several weeks.

Val Brown