Wow. Considering that a snapper that size isn't going to be stopped by some leather gloves, I'd count yourself mighty lucky. The only two ways I'll pick up a snapper are to do either the stick trick that Ben mentioned or to grab the tail. But with one that size, picking up by the tail will really hurt it and piss it off. But since they can reach their head around to their hind legs or so, those are about the only ways I'll do it.
Do you happen to have pics? Snappers are generally pretty easy to spot just by appearance, but I'm guessing that if you weren't sure then it was a Common Snapping Turtle and not an Alligator Snapping Turtle. http://www.chelydra.org/common_alligator.html -Kevin > -----Original Message----- > From: John Stanley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 12:28 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Croc Hunter Weekend > > > Boy did I have a wildlife adventure this weekend. > > We live in Waterford Michigan on 8 beautiful acres of mostly > wetlands. We have an enormous amount of wildlife, so every > day we usually see something neat. > > I have been seeing this big turtle around for a week or so, > but couldnt tell if it was a snapper or not. Found out that > it is!!. Most turtles, when you approach them pull their > extremities into their shell at least partly. This turle just > turns to face you. I put on some heavy duty leather gloves > and picked her up. I'll be she weighs 15 pounds at least, she > is like 16 or so inches across her shell and does not like > to be picked up. She snapped at me, but I had her by the back > part of her shell, and the gloves protected me from the claws > which were like 1/2 inch long. Found out she is a she because > we found the area in one of our flower beds where she was > digging to lay her eggs. So that was neat. Got some pitcures > and will send them to the list. > > We have a large garter snake (about 3 feet long) that lives > in our vegetable garden. I was able to pick that up for my > kids using the method I saw on animal planet a million times, > where you hold the tail and support the head with a long > stick. The kids got to pet it, and feel how soft snakes really are. > > We were weeding another flower bed when we saw some baby > rabbits (no bigger than the palm of your hand), and was able > to catch one using the kids' butterfly net. So they got to > pet the rabbit as well. Put it back in the flower bed and it ran off. > > We never harm any of the animals that we live with, except > the wasp's. We teach our kids to respect and admire the > beauty we are so fortunate to see every day. > > Anyway, thought I would share this with the list, but hoping > it didnt come off as flakey..... > > **grog finish typing** > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Host with the leader in ColdFusion hosting. Voted #1 ColdFusion host by CF Developers. Offering shared and dedicated hosting options. www.cfxhosting.com/default.cfm?redirect=10481 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
