Turtleguy Satisfied

[Leon]

I am risking too much OT so maybe I will consider giving myself an .....oh wait, I am exempt. Never mind. Anyway, just one more quick turtle story. About 2 months ago my daughter and I were coming back from one of her volleyball practices and we saw a car pulled to the side of the road. As any human will do I slowed way down, then stopped, to see what was going on. There were a few people out of their car looking at a very large snapping turtle. This thing had to weigh 35-45 lbs, which isn't really that huge by snapper standards. At any rate they left and here I was, pulled over to the side of a road, checking out a huge, angry snapping turtle. I put a large tree branch next to his head and he almost snapped it in half. He was probably 50 yrs old or so. He had algae growing from his back he was sold old (and probably sedintary). I called my wife at home and had her bring me an old Coleman steel ice chest and a broom. I kind of pushed him into the cooler and took him home. The next morning I brought him to a fairly large lake that is about 2 miles from my house. He lived happily ever after.....and that my friends is my last turtle tale. Everyone should save a turtle.

[turtleguy64]

Leon,you've just entered "menchdom!"

[Kawika]

Mt Vernon, New York, 1953. I was three years old and was playing with my pet turtle (the little aquarium kind) in front of our home when along came my mother, in high heels no less, and stepped on poor Mr. Tuttle, perforated the poor little guy, then scolded me for playing on the stoop. Scarred me for life. It went downhill from there. She threw away my baseball cards, too. Now I hang around internet chat rooms. A sad tale.

R.I.P. Dorothy Kaiser McDonald 1926-2002

[Rob D.]

Originally Posted by Leon

... angry snapping turtle. I put a large tree branch next to his head and he almost snapped it in half. He was probably 50 yrs old or so. He had algae growing from his back he was sold old (and probably sedintary).

I think I saw this guy set up at the National.

[daviddbreadman]

It was Mr. NM-MT. He has the same algae on his cranium