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Post by jamesp on Jun 13, 2014 20:47:13 GMT -5
What is this ?  |
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Post by grizman on Jun 13, 2014 21:07:41 GMT -5
Looks like a turtle foot to me, but what do I know?...I live in Montana!
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Post by 150FromFundy on Jun 13, 2014 21:42:27 GMT -5
My guess would be turtle as well, but which one? Not much colour. Common snapping turtle?
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Post by panamark on Jun 13, 2014 22:50:24 GMT -5
James, my guess = "it's what's for dinner"
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Post by 1nickthegreek on Jun 14, 2014 3:40:05 GMT -5
Snapper?
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Post by jamesp on Jun 14, 2014 3:58:10 GMT -5
You guys are bang on. Took a year for me to get him out of the lily ponds. He has been tearing up my water lily stock for a long while. The Snapper is said to have 7 textures of meat. My Aunt used to cook them up for me and my cousin. She was a real Florida cracker and preferred Soft Shell over Snapper.     |
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Post by snowmom on Jun 14, 2014 5:37:02 GMT -5
they truly are living fossils, aren't they?
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Post by panamark on Jun 14, 2014 7:57:19 GMT -5
looks like a relative baby. Y'all got bigger ones too?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 14, 2014 10:44:18 GMT -5
We've got a giant "giant " snapper in a creek behind our house.there used to be an older gentleman that lived up the street from us he said that snapper was in the creek when he moved into the neighborhood back in the late 70's.he is every bit 24-30" across his shell,with a maw big enough to remove a couple fingers in one snap
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Post by jamesp on Jun 14, 2014 11:31:33 GMT -5
As Dave says, yes they get big. Another type of snapper mostly in Florida gets bigger than the ones here in Atlanta(alligator snapper). They probably reside in Dave's area too. I have seen 2 in FL. that were huge. the real big ones are rare. But the common snapper is the grumpiest, no social skills whatsoever.  |
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Post by jamesp on Jun 14, 2014 11:39:02 GMT -5
Buddy and I found this alligator snapper skull. 6.5 inches across   |
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Post by jamesp on Jun 14, 2014 11:42:16 GMT -5
Dare you to hand feed it...They w/out a doubt have the fastest strike I could ever imagine. about half the length of their body.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 14, 2014 12:01:30 GMT -5
I believe the one in our creek is a alligator snapper.hes almost that big.truly menacing to see in such a small creek.only the strong will survive:-)hes definitely at the too of our creeks food chain.LOL
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Post by panamark on Jun 14, 2014 12:18:12 GMT -5
My mom recalls as a youngster putting her ducklings in the cattle pond and to her horror watching them one by one get pulled under by something. Something like a snapping turtle or maybe a big catfish. Our neighbor in Michigan was from Kentucky and he was fond of turtle meat. He said it was a real pain to clean them, but the meat was really, really good. He never got around to sharing any, ha ha.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 14, 2014 12:52:04 GMT -5
That's funny.i totally remember fishing in this duck pond when I was a kid and seing a snapper eating ducklings
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Post by jamesp on Jun 14, 2014 14:49:56 GMT -5
Many ducks are missing feet from such attacks. what comes around goes around... Stewed soft shell turtle  |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 14, 2014 18:23:18 GMT -5
actually this common snapper is quite large for an adult male. Females get double that.
Jim, nice images. Thanks for sharing.
Love the devils toenails welding cap.
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Post by jamesp on Jun 14, 2014 18:49:19 GMT -5
actually this common snapper is quite large for an adult male. Females get double that. Jim, nice images. Thanks for sharing. Love the devils toenails welding cap. I was sitting on the shore of Lake George one winter staring off in the distance when I saw something bobbing out in the water one morning. Couldn't stand it, had to wade out and investigate. It was a male snapper on top of a female. was impressed w/the male, the female was more like a sea turtle. Took me a while to figure out what he was doing till I saw the giant of a female under him. They went on w/their business never mind me. She was a huge turtle. Was in amazement. Apparently they get very old. Good descipt-devil's toenails. Can't wait to get down there. Maybe in a month or so. |
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Post by bhiatt on Jun 14, 2014 19:59:02 GMT -5
yep them snappers are badass. I see them crossing the yard. They can move pretty quick. They don't drag on the ground like the smaller box turtles. Seen one crossing one year and it had a huge piece of mud on its back the size of a bowling ball.
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Post by jamesp on Jun 14, 2014 20:22:41 GMT -5
yep them snappers are badass. I see them crossing the yard. They can move pretty quick. They don't drag on the ground like the smaller box turtles. Seen one crossing one year and it had a huge piece of mud on its back the size of a bowling ball. those guys can dig down deep in our hard clay. They got some power in those short limbs. I put one in the floor board of my beat up car when I was a kid and it tore the carpet out by the time I carried it home. I wonder how fast their strike is. My bulldog found out one day. Had a hell of a hemorrhage on his nose. |
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