Author Topic: Now where the H*** did this little guy come from??? (Read 2691 times)

Johns · « **on:** July 25, 2007, 09:38:08 AM »

Caught this fellow about 4 feet from my largest koi pond. He was all wet, so he must have been in already. I know what he is. Do any of you know? Guess where he is NOT going...

Ky Kim · « **Reply #1 on:** July 25, 2007, 09:45:15 AM »

Its a SNAPPER! Don't blame ya, that would be out of there too if it was me.

Kim

mcp · « **Reply #2 on:** July 25, 2007, 09:45:58 AM »

Looks like a snapping turtle to me. Wouldn't want him in my pond. He would wreck havoc with your fish. Thanks for sharing pictures.

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Bonnie · « **Reply #3 on:** July 25, 2007, 09:46:02 AM »

John, I think he wants a piece of you!

Pretty shell he has though.....

Celia · « **Reply #4 on:** July 25, 2007, 10:15:16 AM »

John, is he headed for the soup pot????

joeyb5980 · « **Reply #5 on:** July 25, 2007, 10:20:26 AM »

Yep, been there done that this year.... Fortunately mine was too small to eat any of the fish, but he sure did make a dent in my lilypads before I caught him. Those little boogers have an unbelievably strong bite!

miguynmkoi · « **Reply #6 on:** July 25, 2007, 10:50:33 AM »

OMG!!! It looks LARGE!!! That is one mean turtle. I'd kaput him out of my yard for sure. BTW Where IS that turtle recipe? Should post it in Helpful Articles

El Jefe · « **Reply #7 on:** July 25, 2007, 12:45:16 PM »

Hey turnabout is fair play, Snappers make for some good eatin' He eats your fish you eat him, thats fair.... And good too!

Desertponder · « **Reply #8 on:** July 25, 2007, 01:18:27 PM »

Well, he's certainly cool but not welcome.

We don't have turtles to deal with here.

Esther · « **Reply #9 on:** July 25, 2007, 01:28:59 PM »

Um, that open mouth should tell you what type of turtle he is. BE sure to keep all of your body parts away from that mouth.

Ruthie · « **Reply #10 on:** July 25, 2007, 01:35:17 PM »

Down here, we make Sauce Piquate out of those guys;) I definitely do not want one of them in my pond though!

Indiana Karen · « **Reply #11 on:** July 25, 2007, 03:03:34 PM »

Good thing that you caught him. We never did catch ours. No more damage to our fish but I just can't believe that he left, not with such a good food supply. It sure did put a damper on my getting in the pond to pull dead lily leaves. I really need to do it, but just keep thinking about my fingers wiggling in front of his nose. $:-\$

Karen

miguynmkoi · « **Reply #12 on:** July 25, 2007, 03:47:57 PM »

Ruthie, love your photo signature. The sauce piquate?? Gag me!!!!

Kittyzee · « **Reply #13 on:** July 25, 2007, 04:55:28 PM »

In the overhead view of him, that pointed nose gave him away....and in the pic with the mouth open, I could just hear that snapper hissing! I'm for certain he's outta there, right?

tootsie · « **Reply #14 on:** July 25, 2007, 07:09:23 PM »

Geesh, I was nervous when I got into the shallow end of the pond and the bullheads were knocking into my boots! Ugh, then last week I saw a snake go now into the pond and work it's way to the other side and BASK IN THE SUN! YIKES, I don't know what the heck I would do if I saw one of those snappers.....

karen J · « **Reply #15 on:** July 25, 2007, 07:22:30 PM »

Beautiful. How old do you think he is?

LeeAnne151 · « **Reply #16 on:** July 26, 2007, 07:48:23 AM »

The thought of eating a turtle really grosses me out. $:-\$ Take him on a ride to the nearest natural body of water.

Johns · « **Reply #17 on:** July 26, 2007, 06:43:28 PM »

Actually, LeeAnne, Snapper soup is a delicacy, but little turt here took a ride to a large lake this afternoon. I offered him to our local nature museum but they are not taking in any live creatures right now. It is interesting that my 1 acre lot is surrounded by chain link fence, so I wonder where he got in. Also, I am at least 1/2 a mile from any decent sized pond or lake. This was a young turtle, about 12 inches nose to tail but his shell would have measured only about 6 inches. Wonder where momma is.......

joeyb5980 · « **Reply #18 on:** July 27, 2007, 05:31:19 AM »

our lot is also surrounded by chain link fence, and really puzzled me as to how ours got in as well....

Celia · « **Reply #19 on:** July 27, 2007, 07:35:36 AM »

Now I am nervous about getting in pond, I have had a couple of them come around, and felt safe that pond was in fenced in area and safe from them. One was headed right for my fence when I spotted him, he turned and went back toward the pond he came from. Darn, just got the Heron problem under control, now got to worry about darn turtles.....

obsessed-nj · « **Reply #20 on:** July 27, 2007, 07:36:42 AM »

Ewww! John, you brought back really unpleasant memories. I lived in an apartment in a cul-de-sac years ago and all the apartments faced the parking lot. One day I heard a commotion and looked out to find some people hanging a big snapper from a tree in the lot. They were poking it and IMO torturing the poor thing preparatory to killing it for soup. That upset me so much I called the police to see if they could do anything about it only to be told "there's nothing we can do, people do eat them you know" to which I responded "Yes, and I eat steak, but I'm sure you'd object if I slaughtered a cow in the parking lot!"

Closed my curtains, turned up the volume on the tv and cried.

Linda

barb · « **Reply #21 on:** July 27, 2007, 09:32:16 AM »

I'm sure he dug under the fence. Wow, that is one scary mouth.