Paul B
NJRC Member
On my raining early walk this morning I saw something in the grass in the distance. At first I thought it was a wounded baby deer, or a rabid racoon or maybe even an Alien from the Andromeda Galaxy. But No!. It was this snapping turtle about 25lbs and about 2 1/2' long head to tail.
I tried to pick him up from the back of his shell because they have a nasty bite, but I am going for a new shoulder in a few weeks and the thing hurts enough, so I decided not to pick him up. So, I decided to just walk behind him and nudge him back to a large pond that is full of big bullfrogs which is most likely where he came from.
He is probably running out of food and the water is shallow, so he was looking for a new home. In the direction he was going, he would have had to walk for miles to find another freshwater pond so against his will, I returned him to his pond.
I tried to pick him up from the back of his shell because they have a nasty bite, but I am going for a new shoulder in a few weeks and the thing hurts enough, so I decided not to pick him up. So, I decided to just walk behind him and nudge him back to a large pond that is full of big bullfrogs which is most likely where he came from.
He is probably running out of food and the water is shallow, so he was looking for a new home. In the direction he was going, he would have had to walk for miles to find another freshwater pond so against his will, I returned him to his pond.