Today me and a friend were driving and about to get on the highway when we saw a large turtle on the entrance ramp, come to find out it was snapping turtle, one with a bad attitude too! I couldnt leave him there so I tryed to lure him the other way by shaking my tenni shoe at him, cause he would follow it and try and snap, the I tryed making him follow a stick but he bit like 2 inchs off of it and then I decided to get a towel and I put it over him and got him wrapped in it and carefully drug him away fromt he highway!

I am so glad that I got him that far I wish I could have done more, but I really wanted to keep my fingers, I left him the towel I will check on him sometime when I have more help...

thought I would share this sorry it was so long!

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Audrey

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Good going Audrey,,,Alligator snappers are few and far between nowadays,,,saving 1 can make a difference. Congrats.

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Ken
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That's great!! We don't have the Alligator snappers here in Jersey, just the smaller regular snappers, I've already taken two off the roads this year. I'm glad you were careful as they can easily remove a finger.

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He was a cutie, but wasnt very nice lol! I am just glad that I could help!

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Audrey

Owned By,

1.0.0 Iguana Iguana -Louie
0.0.1 Avicularia avicularia (pink toe Trantula)-Muffy
0.1.0 Ceratophrys ornata (Pac Man Frog)-Sparticus
1.0.0 Albino Rat -conspericy
0.1.0 Betta-Alphie
0.0.1 Apple snail- Mr. Bubbles
1.1.0 Mutt puppy's- Socks & Meeko
1.0.0 fieance-Brett

Could possibly have been a gravid female coming out to lay eggs. I'm not sure when alligator snapper usually lay, but I imagine this time of year would be about it. Alligator snappers rarely come out of the water, but one major reason is to lay eggs.

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Just a FYI. The only way to safely get hold of a snapper is by the base of the tail. Anywhere else your fingers are in reach of those nasty jaws!

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Merlin,
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That's alligator snapping turtles for you!!

Well done for saving it, great job, and glad your fingers stayed safe!

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