A week or two ago, I was sitting on the porch after mowing, and look who strools up my drive:
It's a male common snapping turtle. 14" carapace and about 25 pounds.(10kg)
He was very wild, and didn't like me one bit.
cvanvollenstee wrote:I would not mind raising one of these captive bred hatchlings. They are so cute and they grow into these dinosour looking animal. Simply awesome.
yagyujubei wrote:cvanvollenstee wrote:plus my neighbor eats 'em.
F1refly wrote::smt007 I want one. You say it is a Snapping Turtle right? i didn't even know there were different species other than the ol Alligator Snapping Turtle
Bushviper wrote:Wow I wonder how old he was. I have been told the females do not leave the ponds and only the males move around. Tricky to handle them I guess.
Is it legal to eat them? Poison a road killed one and give that to your neighbour. If he get sick or even dies then thats just so sad. Might be a deterrent to others to leave them alone.
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