Nice photos of an ugly critter.
The first time that I went fishing with my dad,he caught a snapping turtle 😳
Good capture. I understand they make great turtle soup
Curmudgeon wrote:
Good capture. I understand they make great turtle soup
Better than great. Don't forget the dry sherry.
Bill
Good grab! What a treat to see that guy.
Once upon a time, we'd be frequently warned against skinny dipping about snapping turtles.
Seems that the untanned areas may contain something that a turtle maybe interested in.
Story was, one boy had lived. The lucky one didn't.
Harry0 wrote:
Once upon a time, we'd be frequently warned against skinny dipping about snapping turtles.
Seems that the untanned areas may contain something that a turtle maybe interested in.
Story was, one boy had lived. The lucky one didn't.
There are a number of stories like that from my childhood.
Most were old wife's tales.
Hope this is one of those.
Still, if I get your drift, that is a scary thought.
One would, I believe, surely drown after the primal scream.
Bill
I lived in South Philadelphia,
My folks got new jobs and moved to South Jersey.
Semi rural areas within a few miles of the Black Horse Pike.
It's the 50s- I'd be sent out after breakfast, come home by dark.
SO: lakes and streams and woods and creeks. And snakes and turtles. And a few miscreants.
Most snakes avoid you, but cottonmouths would chase you.
Most turtles avoid you, but snappers would chase you.
Tho I'd believe a lot of their behavior was learned, after the aholes from before us.
MAYbe some of the admonishment came from onlookers disapproving of mixed nekkidness.
Tho we did know of a few people that got bit after poking at a snapper.
Looking at the OPs turtle I'd believe he's not too picky at what he lunges for,
so I'l stay out of range.
Harry0 wrote:
I lived in South Philadelphia,
My folks got new jobs and moved to South Jersey.
Semi rural areas within a few miles of the Black Horse Pike.
It's the 50s- I'd be sent out after breakfast, come home by dark.
SO: lakes and streams and woods and creeks. And snakes and turtles. And a few miscreants.
Most snakes avoid you, but cottonmouths would chase you.
Most turtles avoid you, but snappers would chase you.
Tho I'd believe a lot of their behavior was learned, after the aholes from before us.
MAYbe some of the admonishment came from onlookers disapproving of mixed nekkidness.
Tho we did know of a few people that got bit after poking at a snapper.
Looking at the OPs turtle I'd believe he's not too picky at what he lunges for,
so I'l stay out of range.
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I would like to point out that the Cotton Mouth, Agkistrodon piscivorus, does not occure north of the VA/NC line, except in the Dismal Swamp area.
No historical record of that occurrance AT ALL.
Urban mythology, third party factual information only.
Bill
Harry0 wrote:
Once upon a time, we'd be frequently warned against skinny dipping about snapping turtles.
Seems that the untanned areas may contain something that a turtle maybe interested in.
Story was, one boy had lived. The lucky one didn't.
I just had to look deeper.
There is one suspected snapper injury on record, and the perp was not ID'ed for sure, only suspected. The Doc thought the bite 'wrong'for a turtle.
No one has ever died from snapper inluries.
The cases on record are usually hand injuries, coming from general ignorance, but also ignorance about turtle behavior. People mishandeling the turtle. A snapper will bite you every time it gets the chance, period. So careful, your fingers.
Like snake bite, the poisoness kind, most bites are not an accident.
Bill
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