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Neil Cherry
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On 07 Nov 2004 01:50:31 GMT, Fx199 wrote:
>>From: Neil Cherry [email protected]
>>On 06 Nov 2004 17:35:40 GMT, Fx199 wrote:
>>>>From: [email protected]mmm (Mike Kruger)
>>>>but can you top this? On the BikeE when I see ... a big snapper
>>>>very, very slowly making his way across the road. With all the
>>>>traffic he's a definite goner. Me, I pull up and try to prod him
>>>>along with my front wheel, until he bites the tire and gives me a
>>>>flat! When I very, very carefully pick him up--he pisses all over
>>>>me. So I pitch him into the next pond as far as I can throw the
>>>>******* and start walking home."
>>> I just slide turtles off the side of the road with my foot....Duh
>>
>>I wouldn't recommend that with a big snapper. They can inflict some
>>major damage!
>>
>>> By the way you don't want to handle turtles, they are salmonella carriers.
>>
>>That's a good point!
> I feel good about rescuing turtles. I scoot them across with my foot at the
> tail end.
> Usually they will tuck in and glare at you, and let you scoot them across.
> Snappers of course posture and hiss more than the other kinds.
Every snapper I've come across (the live one that is) have immediately
snapped at the nearest thing. The ones I've seen have been around 18 -
24 inches in size. Nasty temperament! I guess to get to be that size
they have to be able to defend themselves.
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>>From: Neil Cherry [email protected]
>>On 06 Nov 2004 17:35:40 GMT, Fx199 wrote:
>>>>From: [email protected]mmm (Mike Kruger)
>>>>but can you top this? On the BikeE when I see ... a big snapper
>>>>very, very slowly making his way across the road. With all the
>>>>traffic he's a definite goner. Me, I pull up and try to prod him
>>>>along with my front wheel, until he bites the tire and gives me a
>>>>flat! When I very, very carefully pick him up--he pisses all over
>>>>me. So I pitch him into the next pond as far as I can throw the
>>>>******* and start walking home."
>>> I just slide turtles off the side of the road with my foot....Duh
>>
>>I wouldn't recommend that with a big snapper. They can inflict some
>>major damage!
>>
>>> By the way you don't want to handle turtles, they are salmonella carriers.
>>
>>That's a good point!
> I feel good about rescuing turtles. I scoot them across with my foot at the
> tail end.
> Usually they will tuck in and glare at you, and let you scoot them across.
> Snappers of course posture and hiss more than the other kinds.
Every snapper I've come across (the live one that is) have immediately
snapped at the nearest thing. The ones I've seen have been around 18 -
24 inches in size. Nasty temperament! I guess to get to be that size
they have to be able to defend themselves.
--
Linux Home Automation Neil Cherry [email protected]
http://home.comcast.net/~ncherry/ (Text only)
http://hcs.sourceforge.net/ (HCS II)
http://linuxha.blogspot.com/ My HA Blog