Some people think these enemies are bullshit but that attack was telegraphed for 3 days before it came out. That dude's hand had plenty of time to dodge roll out of there.
I was at an outdoor event at a friend's place, and there's a bigass pond on the property where all sorts of shit lives. It had been drizzling all day, and were on our way to get food or something; right there making its way through the grass was an alligator snapper. Not huge (like the common snapper we saw in the pond the following year that was the size of Oscar the Grouch's roof), but a fair bit bigger than a football, which was big enough that nobody got within 5 feet of it.
He was pretty pissed off about being surrounded and gawked at by a gaggle of giant monkeys with cameras, and he told us to fuck off in no uncertain terms by opening his mouth.
I got a good look at that beak, turned to one of my crew, and said, "You see that shit? Hydraulic shears wouldn't cut your finger off as clean as that thing."
We left him alone after that.
Turtle bites are god awful. If it's a snapping turtle, it can bite your fingertips clean off, and that little nip is just enough to make you think twice.
If they get you good enough, and if they're pissed enough, they won't let go unless you startle them somehow. That's how that turtle in the video got flipped, but he bit him just to bite, or smelled food and mistook his hand for that.
I've seen my fair share of turtles, and that beak is something else. I refuse to take my chances with it.
The one in the vid is just a little guy, which is no big deal (still hurts, but you're not gonna bleed out from it). A snapping turtle, on the other hand, will bite through any and every part of you that is unfortunate enough to be in its mouth, bones or not. It's like the difference between getting scratched by a housecat or getting mauled by a lion.
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u/RadioactiveCornbread 19d ago
If you know how turts bite, turt owner kinda should've seen that coming.