07-03-2015, 11:06 AM | #1 |
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Do not step on these bad boys, your foot will come off.
"The 'Dinosaur Turtle' That Freaked Everyone Out Is An Alligator Snapping Turtle"
"The spiked turtle was found on the banks of the Amur River near the Leninskoye settlement, part of Russia's Jewish Autonomous Region, according to the Siberian Times." http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/0...usaolp00000592 Their fairly common in the south east U.S.. We see them on occasion here in the swamp. Can reach weights of 220 lbs. They back into the mud in swamps and rivers, stick their tongue out to look like a small fish. Fish check it out and get et. Estimated to live well over a 100 years. Locals eat em. I give em $20 bucks to heave the poor old guys back in the water.
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07-03-2015, 01:12 PM | #2 |
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Yep, that thing could take a hell of a bite out of your foot.
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07-03-2015, 05:08 PM | #3 |
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I saw a lot of them in Salt Creek in Southern Indiana. In the northern part of the state we have snapping turtles but not the big Alligator Snapper.
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07-03-2015, 05:12 PM | #4 |
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I saw regular snappers in Illinois.......here in the desert we have desert turtles and ive seen some painted shell turtles in golf course ponds....ours wont take a hand off like those.
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07-03-2015, 05:49 PM | #5 |
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How many of those alligator snappers you want? We'll ship them to you by the gross...
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07-03-2015, 10:01 PM | #6 |
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07-04-2015, 12:21 AM | #7 |
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Do they taste like chicken?
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07-04-2015, 12:50 PM | #8 |
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07-04-2015, 12:54 PM | #9 |
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I have eaten a few of them and parts of them do. They say there are seven different kinds of meat in one and I believe that could be. There are parts that taste a bit like chicken, fish, pork, etc. They are a pain to get cleaned and cooked, but very tasty.
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Cooter is good eatin'.
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09-12-2015, 07:34 PM | #11 |
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When living in western Ky, near the Mississippi, I saw bigger one's than that, by a bunch.
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10-30-2015, 08:03 PM | #12 |
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as my dad would say.... they'll bitecha and don't let go till it thunders
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10-31-2015, 08:54 AM | #14 |
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A snapper that size took my deadline bait while fishing on the Ohio next to the Anderson Ferry back in 2008. The Ohio is around 500 yards wide at this point.
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