I am not sure it was a snapper but it sure didn't like being picked up. I got it by the shell about half way down and just put it on the grass. You used to see quite a few splatted turtles on the road around Jacksonville.
Dana On Mon, 23 Jun 2003 19:16:19 -0500, Kevin Graeme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yeah, they'll do that. A standard snapper will spin around to face you, > hiss, snap, and be generally nasty. An alligator snapper will get really > still, pull it's head back and crane it up, open the mouth and sit there > prepared to remove a finger. > > -Kevin > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 23, >> 2003 6:45 PM >> To: CF-Community >> Subject: Re: Croc Hunter Weekend >> >> >> <g> I remember stopping my car to get one out of the road at UNF -- the >> thing snarled at me, I swear. >> >> Dana >> >> On Mon, 23 Jun 2003 16:49:50 -0400, Haggerty, Mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> >> > Same thing happened to me. A neighbor's turtle got out of it's > >> habitat, >> > push >> > the screen door open, and made a run for it. I had the unfortunate >> > experience of running into the beast on my way home from school, the > >> thing >> > made these awful sounds and lunged forward. >> > >> > M >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: William Wheatley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 23, >> > 2003 3:17 PM >> > To: CF-Community >> > Subject: Re: Croc Hunter Weekend >> > >> > >> > 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" >> > >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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
