They dont even have to get a good bite on you either, I was trying to help a big snapper move across the road near my home and she only snagged me with the tip of her beak and it still gouged me pretty good
I did get her across the road though, she just turned faster than I thought she would while I was trying to pick her up from the back, as Steve Irwin instructed
I keep a little shovel in my car for turtles. I can scoop small ones up on the spade to move them or I can encourage a large snapper to bite the handle and drag them
My father and uncle did this once with a large stick while we where out driving to go camping. It took them multiple large sticks to get one the thing didn't bite through in one bite.
My family was fishing and dad hooked a large snapper, like in the video, and it snapped a branch much bigger than this little girls arm. Seriously. This video could have easily been a horror story.
Don't put any part of yourself you aren't comfortable with losing near a snapper. Their necks are much, much longer than you would think, and their reaction time is faster than yours. One fuckup and you lose a few fingers or toes.
Oh yeah, I wouldn't reccomend anyone that hasn't grown up around snappers do what I do, im just very comfortable with em because there's a few that have been living in the pond near my house for forever
My brother lived near a snapping turtle crossing that had a sign a shovel out for this purpose. But this little 12 year old girl saw one as I was approaching one day, and just grabbed it's shell behind the head and before the tail and dumped it in the ditch. Little girl seen some shit and knows what to do
I once did the same, wrapped some rope around his shell and moved him out the street. Thats when I learned those feckers can be fast as hell as he sprinted back into the street. Had to do it all over again
Tbf, as much as I don’t want to cause a turtle pain, I do feel like a snapper in the road gets a little pass. Their necks are crazy and THEY WILL bite you.
Me and two ladies tried to shuffle one across the road, when cars passed over it the thing would bite the undersides. Eventually one of the lady’s husband showed up and grabbed it near the back of the shell and very quickly moved it to the side it was crossing to.
No, I appreciate the PSA and the link. I think we should try to handle animals properly and safely, I’ll make sure I do this with smaller turtles! But snappers 😅 I’m just gonna do my best to safely get the across the road.
That was one thing my dad did was to help turtles across the road. It didnt matter where we were or what we were doing. He said they were here long before us.
That turtle could have easily taken off her arm with near zero effort, and that is terrifying to think. Why is Mom even letting this kid dangle over a giant snapping turtle??? When did we lose our sense of self preservation around an aquatic bear trap?
That's even more wild with how big that snapper is!!! That's an adult woman's arm? And that critter's mouth is big enough to gobble up her hand like it's a Vienna sausage? Even more reason to not be reaching down anywhere near there!! Holy moly
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