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Posted: 4/11/2017 6:26:53 PM EDT

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Spotted this dude crawling thru my field yesterday. Never seen one with spineys on its tail before. Any idea what species?

Posted: 4/11/2017 6:27:42 PM EDT

[#1]

Spiny tailed turtle.
I'm sure of it.

A.W.D.

Posted: 4/11/2017 6:28:33 PM EDT

[#2]

Snapping turtle.

Posted: 4/11/2017 6:29:08 PM EDT

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stick your finger in front of it's mouth.

if you get to keep your finger, then it isn't a snapper

Posted: 4/11/2017 6:29:34 PM EDT

[#4]

hardback Dikfer

Posted: 4/11/2017 6:32:06 PM EDT

[#5]

Frank.

Posted: 4/11/2017 6:33:19 PM EDT

[#6]

Armored possum.

Posted: 4/11/2017 6:33:45 PM EDT

[#7]

Hardshell speedbump.

Posted: 4/11/2017 6:34:19 PM EDT

[#8]

common snapping turtle

Posted: 4/11/2017 6:34:23 PM EDT

[#9]

Regular, old, snapping turtle. Makes good soup. Tough to butcher...

Posted: 4/11/2017 6:34:35 PM EDT

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That's not a turtle it's a tortoise.

The only way to tell the difference is to gently stroke its nose. Tortoises like that, they get giddy. Turtles go to sleep.

Give us an after action report after you try it.

Posted: 4/11/2017 6:34:51 PM EDT

[#11]

He'll grap your finger and won't let go till it lightnings.

Posted: 4/11/2017 6:35:53 PM EDT

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yup... choot it

Posted: 4/11/2017 6:36:43 PM EDT

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That's not a turtle it's a tortoise.

The only way to tell the difference is to gently stroke its nose. Tortoises like that, they get giddy. Turtles go to sleep.

Give us an after action report after you try it.

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LOL... that's awesome.... OP, let us know how this works

Posted: 4/11/2017 6:37:28 PM EDT

[#14]

Common snapping turtle.

Bitey.

Leave it alone.

Posted: 4/11/2017 6:41:22 PM EDT

[#15]

I can tell you aren't from the southern part of the state since we eat those down here. Snapping turtles are good food in soup.

Posted: 4/11/2017 6:42:50 PM EDT

[#16]

If you put your ear up to his little nose you can hear them softly singing like mermaids

Posted: 4/11/2017 6:45:01 PM EDT

[#17]

Spiny Tailed Snuggle Turtle, they're extra snuggly!

Posted: 4/11/2017 6:48:51 PM EDT

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I always heard it said that they would not let go till it thunders.

Pretty much same thing I guess. You might be waiting a long time for either.

Posted: 4/11/2017 6:49:46 PM EDT

[#19]

I heard that if you wiggle your little toe in front of his face, he will fall asleep. You should try it.

Posted: 4/11/2017 6:59:45 PM EDT

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Posted: 4/11/2017 7:00:34 PM EDT

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Posted: 4/11/2017 7:02:09 PM EDT

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soup

Posted: 4/11/2017 7:04:00 PM EDT

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If you pull back, a little too late, a bloody stump where you used to have a hand because you thought turtles were slow........it was a Snapper

Posted: 4/11/2017 7:05:06 PM EDT

[#24]

McConnell Turtle...mostly useless, but does come out of its shell if pushed hard enough !!

Posted: 4/11/2017 7:08:16 PM EDT

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Spotted this dude crawling thru my field yesterday. Never seen one with spineys on its tail before. Any idea what species?

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He's friendly, and loves hugs.

Be sure to pet his beak, they love that!

Posted: 4/11/2017 7:09:50 PM EDT

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This is it.

Posted: 4/11/2017 7:21:06 PM EDT

[#27]

Snapper Soup turtle.

Posted: 4/11/2017 7:33:27 PM EDT

[#28]

It's a red eared slider. They make great pets for the kids.

Posted: 4/11/2017 7:35:01 PM EDT

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Fried

FIFY

Posted: 4/11/2017 7:36:31 PM EDT

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this, they like to travel to lay thier eggs this time of the year

Posted: 4/11/2017 7:38:50 PM EDT

[#31]

Sal Governale

(Somebody will get it)

Posted: 4/11/2017 7:40:06 PM EDT

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Turtle soup.... even comes with its own bowl!

Posted: 4/11/2017 7:40:54 PM EDT

[#33]

I think that one is Donatello.

Posted: 4/11/2017 7:41:52 PM EDT

[#34]

In Louisiana it's an Alligator Snapping Turtle. Stay away from that mouth if you value your appendages.

Posted: 4/11/2017 7:42:56 PM EDT

[#35]

The kind that bites the shit out of you

Posted: 4/11/2017 7:46:31 PM EDT

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Posted: 4/11/2017 7:56:14 PM EDT

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yep

Posted: 4/11/2017 7:58:50 PM EDT

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And that neck stretches out to an amazing degree. Hind leg area is only safe place to grab it.

Posted: 4/11/2017 7:59:51 PM EDT

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stick your finger in front of it's mouth.

if you get to keep your finger, then it isn't a snapper

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No shit. Those things are like trying to pick up a live grenade.

Posted: 4/11/2017 8:02:17 PM EDT

[#40]

meaness maxius grumpyshell

Posted: 4/11/2017 8:02:33 PM EDT

[#41]

I wouldn't mess with it.

Posted: 4/11/2017 8:08:30 PM EDT

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No shit. Those things are like trying to pick up a live grenade.

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stick your finger in front of it's mouth.

if you get to keep your finger, then it isn't a snapper

No shit. Those things are like trying to pick up a live grenade.

Lol, wuss.

Posted: 4/11/2017 8:09:34 PM EDT

[#43]

A fucking turtle

Posted: 4/11/2017 8:09:50 PM EDT

[#44]

Bob?

Posted: 4/11/2017 8:09:58 PM EDT

[#45]

Alligator Snapping turtle.
.

Posted: 4/11/2017 8:10:02 PM EDT

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McConnell Turtle...mostly useless, but does come out of its shell if pushed hard enough !!

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Someone please photoshop McConnells head on that thing.

Posted: 4/11/2017 8:11:16 PM EDT

[#47]

Imagine for a moment that this thing is not anything that can be identified because it prefers not to be. Wherever there is life, it brings death, because it is evil, absolute evil.

Posted: 4/11/2017 8:15:44 PM EDT

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Snapping turtle. The honey badger of the reptile world. They willed themselves into existence just because they could. They don't give a fuk about anything . They will attack plaything that gets in there way. They are mean and have a nasty temper. The head and neck is over have the length of the shell. They are very good eating.

Posted: 4/11/2017 8:21:51 PM EDT

[#49]

Evil in a shell

Yummy yummy evil

My buddy had one as a pet when we were little, it was a baby and the size of a half dollar.
We would feed it minnows and hold twigs in front of its face and watch it snap them in half in the blink of an eye, when it got too big he took it to his pond and let it go

A few years ago he ended up shooting it as it was eating the ducklings and all the fish he started to stock.

Posted: 4/11/2017 8:22:46 PM EDT

[#50]

That is the cousin of the possom known as the armadillo. Possom on the hard shell, if you know what I mean.

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