Lake Michigan marine life

A couple of days ago, while paddling the heavy industrial area in northwest Indiana, we came across a piece of driftwood that turned out to be a fairly large snapping turtle.

No joke! A snapping turtle near the BP plant in Indiana.

    Today we encountered a few more marine animals, but they turned out to be inanimate. 

  This poor iguana isn't going anywhere under its own power. 

 This alligator doesn't pose much of a threat to our friend Bonnie.

 This whale seems to be in dry dock.