[RWebb]

ok, here is my true story re Snapping Turtles:

as a kid, I lived in a swamp (a subdivision in an area of BTR, Louisiana called "Broadmoor" and it literally was a broad moor)

as kids we rustled around the whole area thru the mud, built rafts to cross the wetter parts, etc.

one day we found this really neat turtle! it was big too! we split into 2 groups - one group to watch the big turtle and keep it from running away, and the other group to go fetch the very biggest red wagon in the neighborhood

we put the big turtle in the red wagon - it just barely fit and kida hung over the sides, since it was so big

then, being kids, we teased it with sticks

suddenly, with blinding speed it shot its head out and bit one of the sticks - it snapped the stick in half even though it was a nice strong broom stick

Snapping Turtle

we did NOT tell any parents