Does anyone remember of or know anyone who would reach down with their bare hands into the ponds or mud to catch a snapping turtle in PA I worked in a Restaurant/Bar and some of men would bring in a snapper that they hand caught.. I was amazed they would do that and not lose a hand, they were reaching in blind.. NO WAY would I do that I don't even get that close to a snapper they are really nasty turtle's... they are good eating and when caught the men would sell them to restaurants.. Barb ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jane Unger" <janielou13@yahoo.com> To: <padutch-life@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2007 11:43 PM Subject: Re: [PD-LIFE] Snapping Turtles :o) > Those were probably box turtles. I have ridden in the car lots of times > with one we rescued from the road to bring home to the garden in hopes > that it will eat slugs and such. Most snapping turtles are really big - > those we have gotten out of our ponds were sometimes almost 18 inches > long. You wouldn't have wanted to flip one of those over because you > would have risked losing a finger or toe. They are definitely nasty > creatures. They bite right through the heaviest fish hook we can find to > try and catch them. > > We have had lots of pets over the years including farm animals. The only > ones we ate were chickens, though most of them were for eggs. I've got > pictures of some of our pets on our website. The link is under my > signature. Just scroll down to where you can click on photo gallery and > then go to the kitty pictures. There are lots more than cats there. Hope > you enjoy them. > Jane > > Lynn Vondran <lynnvondran@att.net> wrote: > I'm sure they enjoy that!!! > When I lived in Mohnton, we would go to an out of the way place to buy our > flowers. Every year we would find a large turtle upside down in the middle > of the road, stop the car, get out and upright it over at the side where > it was headed. But, there were some that didn't make it without getting > hit. They are so cute, I couldn't eat one. But, then again, cows are cute, > and pigs are cute and I can eat that meat, only if it's from the store :o) > and I don't know it's parents :o) > Lynn > > Barb wrote: > I have a shell of a small one that I use for my daycare. All the kids even > my own used it as share time in preschool.. :) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Pinpoint customers who are looking for what you sell. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message