If anyone can help me with this turtle

mattyBoi · Post #1 » by **mattyBoi** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 9:11 am

Ok so if you havent seen the game thread from last night...I encountered a hissing turtle last night that was HUGE by my house

If this thing got a hold of my baby it would bite it in half...No bull

It had a longgggggg ass tail and a big ass head about the size of a big orange or apple...Im talkin about a bigg ass head!!!

Any advice?????

mattyBoi · Post #2 » by **mattyBoi** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 9:39 am

Some people on the general board are telling me maybe a aliigator snapping turtle???

anyone know about these???

magicfan4life05 · Post #3 » by **magicfan4life05** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 9:42 am

sorry man i have no idea, but from the way you describe it sounds unusually big, so call the cops asap!!

btw pics or it didnt happen! :lol:

magicmamma · Post #4 » by **magicmamma** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 12:49 pm

Florida Turtles

You can find pictures in this link.

CourtsideTV · Post #5 » by **CourtsideTV** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 2:23 pm

it was michaelangelo

Cigamodnalro · Post #6 » by **Cigamodnalro** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 2:40 pm

or

It was probably a Snapping Turtle though, those can get huge.

Superman · Post #7 » by **Superman** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 4:01 pm

magicfan4life05 wrote:sorry man i have no idea, but from the way you describe it sounds unusually big, so call the cops asap!!

btw pics or it didnt happen!

I'm pretty sure it's one of these

But if it's this

Then these are the only guys that can help you

The Favero · Post #8 » by **The Favero** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 4:08 pm

mattyBoi wrote:Some people on the general board are telling me maybe a aliigator snapping turtle???

anyone know about these???

I came across a HUGE alligator snapping turtle when I was about 12. The thing was massive and just as scary looking as the pictures you'll find online. They are legit, they are mean and I'd stay clear of it.

Catledge · Post #9 » by **Catledge** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 4:09 pm

[quote="Superman"][/quote]

Awesome.

AdamTheGreek · Post #10 » by **AdamTheGreek** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 4:25 pm

Sounds like a snapping turtle, those bastards get pissed fast.

aleZ · Post #11 » by **aleZ** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 4:47 pm

magicmamma wrote:Florida Turtles You can find pictures in this link.

Wow, interesting stuff, I didn't know you guys were really in danger of getting eaten alive by turtles.

Just to keep the TMNT streak going: I'd throw him (it?) a nunchaku just in case, he may start doing some crazy ninja routine and leave me alone

EasternMagic · Post #12 » by **EasternMagic** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 6:09 pm

LOL best thread ever

goflyakite · Post #13 » by **goflyakite** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 7:09 pm

If it had a ridged shell, kind of a beaked snout and was bigger than a breadbox...it was likely a gator snapper. Do you have a pond, or lake nearby (hard to imagine water near fla residences, right?). They ARE potentially dangerous but like most any other critter, if they are not in their normal "hunting" environment...you don't mess with them, they will avoid you. They (the turtles) feed on aquatic, or semi-aquatic prey and do most of their business under water and are not terribly comfortable of mobile on land.

BRADSPACE · Post #14 » by **BRADSPACE** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 7:51 pm

Dude, I'd race it.

Optimus_Steel · Post #15 » by **Optimus_Steel** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 8:02 pm

Do what Bear Grylls did in Man vs Wild, cook it.

zuppafly · Post #16 » by **zuppafly** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 8:05 pm

mattyBoi wrote:Some people on the general board are telling me maybe a aliigator snapping turtle???

anyone know about these???

Holy ****, when I posted that joke about being an alligator in the other thread I had no idea that there were these kind of turtles.

It's still a small thing, but I wouldn't like to be in my garden and step on one of them.

edit: ok, forget about the "small thing" stuff:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIeL0g8GpXM
That **** would eat my dog!

Big A All Day · Post #17 » by **Big A All Day** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 8:26 pm

its a snapper

mattyBoi · Post #18 » by **mattyBoi** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 8:28 pm

Lol awesome...Yeah it def. looks to be one of those alligator snapping turtles

I dunno what im going to do about it...I guess im just hoping it doesnt come around again

Thanks!

Cyclonus · Post #19 » by **Cyclonus** » Sun Apr 13, 2008 4:28 am

This thread made my day.

That Other Guy · Post #20 » by **That Other Guy** » Sun Apr 13, 2008 4:45 am

[quote="Superman"][/quote]
:rofl:

You sir, are a genius. :bowdown: