 However, alligators have been known to prey on the adults of the Florida softshell turtle, and raptors may take juveniles.Nest predators include the fish crow, Foxes, Raccoons, Skunks, and river otters.At various lakes across the state of Florida (Okeechobee, Apopka, Griffin, and Jesup) scientists have observed Florida softshell females, as well as other turtle species "(Pseudemys nelsoni, Kinosternon sp," and "Sternotherus odoratus") laying their eggs in American alligator ("Alligator mississippiensis") nests during the summer months.