LOL i remember as a kid seeing a turtle in the bushes and went to pet it and i remember it hissing and then snapping at me. Scared the pants off me!
"When I came back from Korea, I had no money, no skills. Sure, I was good with a bayonet, but you can't put that on a resume - it puts people off!" Frank Barone, "Everybody Loves Raymond" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Graeme" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 3:08 PM Subject: RE: Croc Hunter Weekend > 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 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
