Further Posted November 17, 2017 Share #1 Posted November 17, 2017 A snapper ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeman564™ Posted November 17, 2017 Share #2 Posted November 17, 2017 nope, I had a newt though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr Posted November 17, 2017 Share #3 Posted November 17, 2017 Nope. Three red ears though. Ernie, Anne, and Bert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadiejorge Posted November 17, 2017 Share #4 Posted November 17, 2017 I had a turtle and a tortoise; they're cool pets. I used to keep some snakes as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 17, 2017 Share #5 Posted November 17, 2017 Had a couple of the little green ones you could buy in pet stores years ago. Have also collected snapper eggs and hatched them in an aquarium. When I was around 10 I caught a small snapper, maybe 5-6 inches across. One day he bit me, grabbed me at the base of my little finger. Of course the first thing I did was try and shake him off. That only makes them hold tighter. My dad told me to put my hand on the picnic table and be still and he would let go. An hour later he still had a death grip on me. Dad got a 2-pound hammer and splat went the turtle. Still had to use pliers and a screwdriver to release the jaws. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parr8hed Posted November 17, 2017 Share #6 Posted November 17, 2017 No, I would be scared it would bite me on the pecker. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 17, 2017 Share #7 Posted November 17, 2017 1 hour ago, Parr8hed said: No, I would be scared it would bite me on the pecker. Why would you show your pecker to a turtle? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted November 17, 2017 Share #8 Posted November 17, 2017 I had a snapping turtle once. I wasn’t impressed, it tasted like beef. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead Posted November 17, 2017 Share #9 Posted November 17, 2017 I was in elementary school, our class had a turtle. The teacher convinced every one it was a special reward to take him home for the weekend. I am pretty sure parents did not feel that way. I had him for Christmas break. Next year the turtles were gone because apparently they transmitted a disease if you pet them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parr8hed Posted November 17, 2017 Share #10 Posted November 17, 2017 26 minutes ago, Zackny said: Why would you show your pecker to a turtle? I don't have many rules in life, but keeping my pecker away from turtles is one of them. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted November 17, 2017 Share #11 Posted November 17, 2017 "Thunder the Wonder Turtle". Sadly, he didn't make it through the winter (maybe even the fall), but I thought the cold was just making him less active than normal. Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted November 17, 2017 Share #12 Posted November 17, 2017 Snapping turtles are bad ass, id never keep one as a pet nor put any part of my body near one. One of the army bases I worked on back in the day had a swamp in the back perimeter and there was all sorts of wildlife back there. One year we came across a huge snapping turtle that got hung up in the fence line. His head was bigger than my fist. He was hissing and had his mouth open so I grabbed a branch about 4' long, about 3" round and poked it. The snapper lunged at the branch and snapped it in half like it was a toothpick! I said F this and left him alone... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Square Wheels Posted November 17, 2017 Share #13 Posted November 17, 2017 Had the little ones, long before they became illegal. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12string Posted November 17, 2017 Share #14 Posted November 17, 2017 2 hours ago, Parr8hed said: I don't have many rules in life, but keeping my pecker away from turtles is one of them. Good thing, saves having to scroll through all the #metoo posts on TurtleTwitter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Further Posted November 17, 2017 Author Share #15 Posted November 17, 2017 I had a thing for turtles when I was young. Had a lot of them, the little red ears, some bigger red ears 6" or so, a couple box turtles, and several snappers. Snappers seemed to be the most common wild turtle around us, and I caught several of them. Snappers can be safely held by the tail, but their neck is a lot longer than you would think, and they can strike incredibly fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted November 17, 2017 Share #16 Posted November 17, 2017 yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parodybot Posted November 17, 2017 Share #17 Posted November 17, 2017 I had one. He died. Bit my pecker and broke his jaw and starved to death. Stupid turtle should have known better than to chomp down on a titanium tallywhacker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12string Posted November 17, 2017 Share #18 Posted November 17, 2017 29 minutes ago, Further said: I had a thing for turtles when I was young. Had a lot of them, the little red ears, some bigger red ears 6" or so, a couple box turtles, and several snappers. Snappers seemed to be the most common wild turtle around us, and I caught several of them. Snappers can be safely held by the tail, but their neck is a lot longer than you would think, and they can strike incredibly fast. NOW you tell me! Out biking one day, saw a large snapper in the middle of the road, so I picked it up by the shell where it couldn't dig those nasty claws in my hands. Just as I leaned over the guardrail to put it down, the jaws cam flying around and sure enough, neck was long enough to reach all the way back to my hands. Dropped (threw?) that sucker quick before it got me. Of course, also pulling back managed to split my elbow open on the guardrail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parodybot Posted November 17, 2017 Share #19 Posted November 17, 2017 8 hours ago, Parr8hed said: I don't have many rules in life, but keeping my pecker away from turtles is one of them. Who could blame you.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerrySTL ★ Posted November 17, 2017 Share #20 Posted November 17, 2017 9 hours ago, Parr8hed said: No, I would be scared it would bite me on the pecker. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneWolf Posted November 18, 2017 Share #21 Posted November 18, 2017 No, but I got bit (hard) by a painted turtle on the finger as a kid, it took a piece right out of the tip at the time. That's when I learned snapping turtles are definitely not the only turtles that bite. And that a turtle can hang on to your finger through three hard shakes while whipping that thing through the air before it goes flying off and landing on its back. And that it hurts like screaming bloody hell. And @Zackny, thank you. I feel better I'm not the only one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneWolf Posted November 18, 2017 Share #22 Posted November 18, 2017 22 hours ago, bikeman564™ said: nope, I had a newt though A newt? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted November 18, 2017 Share #23 Posted November 18, 2017 Yep. Caught and captured and put in an aquarium, fed and played with until it died 4 years later... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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