MOSH weighs relocating museum from its Southbank site in downtown Jacksonville

[Charles Hunter]

More bad news for MOSH fans of Tonca the Snapping Turtle. He has been exiled to Melrose.

When the museum closed in September, [Tyler] Holder (MOSH PR consultant) says, Tonca was moved to the Reptile Preservation Institute in Clay County, where he is "safe and sound."

The institute's director, Cody Bartolini, helped move Tonca last fall from MOSH to his new habitat in Melrose. Bartolini says Tonca now weighs 210 pounds and has his own 9-foot circular, 3-foot deep pond outdoors.
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MOSH transferred ownership of Tonca to the Reptile Preservation Institute, and there are no plans for him to return to MOSH.

Visitors may see Tonca and many other reptiles during tours by appointment. 

[thelakelander]

The good news is that Tonca the Snapping Turtle lives on. Let's hope for the same outcome with MOSH.