Alligator Snapping Turtle(Loggerhead)

That little pink wormy thing on its tongue is kinda creepy. Lol

Dangerous creature.

Gee, that's an ugly looking creature. Almost alienish.

It'ld take off quite a few fingers instantly by the looks of it.
Imagine if it bit your foot, walking beside it !!!!!!!!

Sprintcyclist wrote:Gee, that's an ugly looking creature. Almost alienish.

It'ld take off quite a few fingers instantly by the looks of it.
Imagine if it bit your foot, walking beside it !!!!!!!!

They eat good, though.
And the meat commands a high price.

Snapping turtles are still fairly common. One crossed the yard last week. Loggerheads on the other hand are scarce.

A turtle like you see here is prolly 75-100 years old.
I think they are now protected or limited in harvest.


I had a camp neighbor down in the Atchafalaya Basin that caught a large one like you see here. He cleaned it and cut the head off and threw it in the garbage can instead of into the bayou.


The jaws are razor sharp and powerful. And quick!
They could snap the small end of a baseball bat in two.

Th next day he went digging on the garbage can for his knife.
The head bit his hand and cut 3 fingers clean off.

I sure miss him and his wife. He passed away.
He was a jovial chap.

When he came home from the hospital , I told him not to worry. It could be worse.

You could have put your eye out !
Plus he would now get a SS disability check.

They are one of the nastiest creatures I have seen.

Daz ooglily. (We need a :skeert: )

Some of the reptilians from Jurassic Era survived, it appears.

Do they make a good turtle soup?

Lummy wrote:Do they make a good turtle soup?

The best. That's why there aren't many left.

near Seneca Falls MD near the gold adits the park ranger would rotunely attempt to shoot them through their shells in the backbone with their .44mag. hed just leave them there to starve unable to move being paralyzed at the hind legs.