OMG!! They ate Snapping Turtle

[unabear09]

as a kid, I can distinctly remember several conversations between my grandfather and I. He explained that snapping turtles were a huge pain in the ass. They kill and eat fish, birds, really any small animal, not to mention, if one of them gets a hold of a finger, you can kiss it good bye. (he was a farmer). I had many pet turtles as a child. He taught me to recognize the difference between a standard turtle and a snapping turtle. A snapping turtle has a sharp upward pointed nose whereas a standard turtle doesn't. He also warned me that that snapping turtles tend to be very aggressive...

 

[double_digit]

Oh, you are so cute! How bout I find you something to play with if he won't let you keep them? :tongue:

No need to look far, *wink* found the perfect squeezy toy already!

Subgirl and Digi get a room. :tongue:
I`ll get a camera! :biggrin1::biggrin1::biggrin1:

Like we need provocation. Remember when those old Star Trek and Buck Rogers TV shows showed what happened when matter and anti-matter got together? Same thing, but a bit stickier. And the world would not be safe, no room will contain it. :biggrin1:

Chocolate isn't good for doggies anyway. Go for the girl.

*aside to subgirl - you might want to check if he's housebroken and leash trained*

I am no dog! I can get in trouble all by myself without the guidance of another- thankyouverymuch. ;> And you can never quite domesticate a fox. :wink:

 

[maxcok]

I am no dog! I can get in trouble all by myself without the guidance of another- thankyouverymuch. ;> And you can never quite domesticate a fox. :wink:

It's what's for dinner. Fox, meet wolf! :tongue1:

 

[B_subgirrl]

*aside to subgirl - you might want to check if he's housebroken and leash trained*

It's alright - I've heard he's a very well-behaved fox. :smile:

No need to look far, *wink* found the perfect squeezy toy already!

Thought you might be happy with that one :biggrin1:

Like we need provocation. Remember when those old Star Trek and Buck Rogers TV shows showed what happened when matter and anti-matter got together? Same thing, but a bit stickier. And the world would not be safe, no room will contain it. :biggrin1:

:biggrin1::biggrin1::biggrin1::biggrin1::biggrin1: I'll be going to bed all twitchy AGAIN!!!

And you can never quite domesticate a fox. :wink:

Ahh, but that's the best part :biggrin1:

 

[helgaleena]

Having lived in Florida for a few years now turtles are pretty much sacrosanct here. Hotels can't have outside lights during hatching season, the nests are well marked and monitored. So when I hear that someone eats turtle I naturally get upset. But correct me if I'm wrong, aren't what they eating really tortoises? There is a difference, but not really sure what it is.

When Cap and I went to Louisiana last year some of the restaurants offered turtle sauce pecan (sp?), I believe. I didn't have the nerve to try it, but it took me aback when I first saw it on the menu.

Ellie, you are thinking of sea turtles that nest at certain seasons upon the beaches. Snappers live in fresh water.

 

[musclebare9]

In Pennsylvania, the common snapper is found abundantly around every creek and pond. They are a nuisance because they kill fish and dig into the sides of the ponds. They can drain a man-made pond. There is a retired guy that lives across the road from me that catches them by the barrel full all summer long. He sells them to restaruants for soup.

I have seen snappers about 15" long that could bite a broom handle in half. When I was a teenager, I swam in a nearby creek that had a deep swimming hole. There was a large rock in the middle that we would stand on. I don't know how it all started but I showed up one day to find them pulling a snapper about 3' long out from under the big rock with a car and a rope. It was crunching anything they stuck in its face. The snapper wound up as a museum piece in the science center of a local university.

I go back in the creek but always think about the turtle whenever the water is deep and dark.

 

[helgaleena]

In Pennsylvania, the common snapper is found abundantly around every creek and pond. They are a nuisance because they kill fish and dig into the sides of the ponds. They can drain a man-made pond. There is a retired guy that lives across the road from me that catches them by the barrel full all summer long. He sells them to restaruants for soup.

I have seen snappers about 15" long that could bite a broom handle in half. When I was a teenager, I swam in a nearby creek that had a deep swimming hole. There was a large rock in the middle that we would stand on. I don't know how it all started but I showed up one day to find them pulling a snapper about 3' long out from under the big rock with a car and a rope. It was crunching anything they stuck in its face. The snapper wound up as a museum piece in the science center of a local university.

I go back in the creek but always think about the turtle whenever the water is deep and dark.

I so sympathize with your attitude!

 

[helgaleena]

Don't you mean 'whine'?

"You shifless redneck. Why don't you get a good job so we can go to Applebee's like normal people?"

Thread runner-up!

 

[NumberTwentySix]

Turtle soup is delicious, and snappers are weird because there are no less than 4 kinds of meat on them. here is a link on preparation How to cook turtle - Homesteading Today

 

[maxcok]

Thread runner-up!

Thanks Helga. I'll treasure this moment.

Still waiting for someone to i.d. that hillbilly gal for the rest of the joke inside the joke.

Hint: whine.

 

[798686]

Had no idea turtles were that common in America. Cool tho.

I'd only heard of the sea-going ones, which travel over here occasionally.

Dermochelys coriacea adults average 1–2 metres (3.3–6.6 ft) long and weigh 250 to 700 kilograms (550 to 1,500 lb). The largest ever found however was over 3 meters (10 ft) from head to tail and weighed 916 kilograms (2,019 lb). That specimen was found on a beach on the west coast of Wales. :biggrin1: Yay!

 

[double_digit]

Had no idea turtles were that common in America. Cool tho.

I'd only heard of the sea-going ones, which travel over here occasionally.

And then there is always Gamera. Gamera - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I bet he is just full of meat and entire villages too! How many types of meat would that make it in just one turtle? Mmmmmmm, anyone else up for eating Japanese tonight? :biggrin1: