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when i came home today i saw this on the street.

that guy was hauling butt when i came up on him

i tried to help him out of the street, but he didnt want any part of that.

Jason

[jch216]

Those things get a lot bigger than that one. Although I wouldn't mess with that one either.

[John Prophet]

I have seen them on golf courses as large around as a pizza. You can see them like 2 fairways over....it looks like someone dropped their hat or something. I was going to help one out once...cuz I knew he was just going from one pond to the other....so I picked him up and he went wild, lol....he peed all over the place etc, lol.

[swamp-fox]

good way to lose a finger or a big piece of your arm. Alligator snapping turtle. My friend caught one over 100 lbs ended up giving it to the local zoo. He had to use a wheelbarrow to get it home.

Swamp

[vass0922]

If its a snapper you're safe to pick him up by the tail, he can't get ya

If its a leatherback Don't even think about it!
He'll get ya

well i used to live in Hawaii and scuba dive with sea turtles all the time, but something like this walking around in your area on East coast baffled me.

[Pexster]

Can they reach around and bite you if you're holding them by the shell? (I have no experience with turtles.)

[ooops]

Be careful of those with bandanas around their head.......... I think some have martial arts skills.

They usually hang out in sewers and eat pizza.

[Gomer]

I picked up a leatherback once... they have a neck a foot long that strikes like lightning. I found that out while I was examining it and it removed a chunk of my lip. A small chunk as its aim was off or I was just out of range. A big enough chunk to bleed like a stuck pig, but small enough it healed on its own. Learned my lesson.

[Cyclone2]

that musta been pretty scary Gomer, a little different trajectory and you would have looked like Micheal Jackson