Is it the angle or is he/she really that big?? I see little turtles crossing the road all the time and worry that they will end up as speed bumps. When I can, I stop and pick them up and move them somewhere safer, but nearby because I'm always worried that they are a mommy turtle out looking for food and they have babies somewhere nearby who are waiting for their return.
He was really that big! My Son had to use his welding gloves to pick him up and he was snapping all over the place. After I took the hot dog pic, the turtle snapped at it. He made a very loud snapping noise as his mouth closed! Hubby and I have a habit of picking turtles up off the road too, but we have never come across one this big!
Our Son found this guy in the road yesterday on the way home from taking the trash to the convenience center in Charlotte Hall. He re-located him to Gilbert Run Park.
That's a snapping turtle. They get bigger than that.
That's a snapping turtle. They get bigger than that.
Yeah, we knew he was a snapper. He was really feisty too! He was throwing his head back trying to get around his shell to bite my Son. Here's a better (bigger) pic. Check out his claws.
Our Son found this guy in the road yesterday on the way home from taking the trash to the convenience center in Charlotte Hall. He re-located him to Gilbert Run Park.
Won't he try to get back home?
Turtle soup goes great with longnecks.............
I thought I was the only sicko that noticed the Bud Light....
Is it the angle or is he/she really that big?? I see little turtles crossing the road all the time and worry that they will end up as speed bumps. When I can, I stop and pick them up and move them somewhere safer, but nearby because I'm always worried that they are a mommy turtle out looking for food and they have babies somewhere nearby who are waiting for their return.
I wanna be a turtle in my next life.No "daddy" either..he just mounts, mates and leaves....
Snappers have few predators; humans are the primary ones.