snapping turtle

[JackP308]

There are plenty around but they are hard to find. Found this guy/gal floating down the river. Took my shoes off and in I went for him. Any bigger I dont think I would have been comfortable grabbing him with my hands.

I put him back in the river.

 

[Cainschams]

Nice find!! I dont think Id mess with anything bigger either

 

[ataraxia]

Wont ever own one but like the way they look. Looks like that one is eating good in the hood.

 

[DekuScrub]

where are you located? all the snappers around here have much smoother shells.

 

[Hoj]

Last year in my local fishing derby I caught a 30lbs snapper and had one hell of a time getting the hook out of its face. But i managed and the conservation people were very plaesed and surprised. It was really wierd I could have sworn it knew I was only trying to help.

 

[K9Luvn]

Oh my he is so tiny! You can tell by the size compared to the helicopter seeds! I have never seen them with that type of shell either.

 

[Cainschams]

I see more of those than the soft shell ones in Maryland and West Virginia.

 

[Chameleonmaster]

I had one and he took a hunk out of my finger when he got older not too much though

 

[chameleonkev]

Nice alligator snapper, I've been after one quite a while but hard to get hold of in the uk, the common snapper are quite common but the shells are smooth, no where near as attractive as the Ali snapper

 

[chameleonboy1]

I had two one year they were the same size one got away and I had the other forgive years in my pond we moved and I got him out of the pond and gave him to the local fish hatchery

 

[camimom]

I removed one from the pool i lifeguarded at and carried it down to the creek it came from.
it was 1.5 ft from shell front to shell back.

i also once rescued a 2.5 ft snapper after it was run over by a lawn mower and had a huge gash in its head.