You want to see a turtle?

[allen-1]

Jeff caught this the other day in the pond at his house; said it was about 34 pounds. He put it back into the pond.

 

[appraiser]

I had a smaller version in my back yard a few weeks ago, the dogs were going ballistic

 

[MadatMarek]

I think I feel one poking its head out right now. I think I’ll put in a pond also lol

 

[jasonj84]

I Like Turtles

 

[Dennis in MA]

Yep. See big ones like that regularly. They are pretty cool. Saw 2 of them SLEEPING underwater last year. So strange. One of them lays eggs in my neighbor's garden. Same spot every year.

Plus my wife is on the Diamondback Terapin project in SE mASS. Trap, tag, release. She's the master trapper. Scoops em with a net from her kayak. Because turtles are smart - if they get caught in a trap once, they won't ever go in one again. It's only her swift net skills that give them already-tagged turtles to examine.

 

[MP-In-The-Wind]

THAT's a turtle!

 

[BTSDOG]

They get scary big in Fla........

 

[MisterHappy]

I had a smaller version in my back yard a few weeks ago, the dogs were going ballistic

I was out walking the dog, with my then 10-year-old son, and we found a small turtle. Dog spent 20 minutes barking at it, explaining that HE was the dominant life form, while the turtle....turtled up.

This was a excellent learning opportunity for the kid: I explained that turtles pre-dated the dinosaurs, and were still here. That's a successful animal.

Of course, those big-azz snappers are just too prehistoric. Nuke 'em!

 

[greencobra]

i have no good turtle anecdotes.

 

[enbloc]

Someone has got to photoshop Hillary's face on that monster...



The Original Snappa'

 

[Admin]

Looks like a softshell

 

[appraiser]

Looks like a softshell

You are correct.

 

[DJBrad]

Nice area. Sweet gums and Spanish moss.

 

[jct61765]

My wife would make soup out of that thing.

 

[Obie1]

I'm a little worried that in a few weeks, my wife will make soup out of me.

 

[ISOTOX]

Probably soup by now.....Not to be racial profiling and all...just saying.