Look, It’s a Turtle!

from JoeUser Forums

Today, several of us took a nice walk for lunch, and we stopped over a decent sized pond.  The first thing Brad spotted was this Snapping turtle that looks like it has been there for many years.  It was different for me as usually an alligator would be more common than that.

I was able to grab a quick picture before it took off.

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

I used to have a snapping turtle...ended up releasing it back into the wild.

I have a painted turtle now.  Saved him from being thrown away by some idiot. :)

~Zoo

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

It's a lot bigger than it looks in the picture because the picture is taken from high above.

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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

I got lots of turtles in the lake behind my apartment. As some of you may know, I also have a pet gator back there as I showed on my article. Some nice fishes as well, just bought my kids some fishing rods (those that shoot the bait like a nerf gun, rocketshot I think it's called) and worked great. My younger son already caught 2 fishes there.

Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top

I wish the picture did him more justice.  Glad you got to see our "monster".

Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top

Actually, there are two of them that size, and we think all the other turtles are descendants.  We call the one that you see most often "Nessie".

Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top

If it's the common snapping turtle(Chelydra serpentina), it should look something like this if you get up close:

 

~Zoo

Reply #7 from Stardock Forums Top

Yeak, it's a snappy turtle. A really old, BIG one.

Reply #8 from Stardock Forums Top

They look so cool. :grin:

Reply #9 from Stardock Forums Top

I want one just to have wandering around my home!  They move so slow :D