How to rescue a snapping turtle

[catbyte]

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[Botany]

1. Oh for God's sake

Just pick it up and put it into the water. You can grab them by picking 'em up 1/2 way
between the front and hind kegs.

[MLAA]

2. First ask if their name is Mitch before you rescue!

Thanks catbyte, I enjoy your animal posts a lot. 😉

[keithbvadu2]

3. Grip the back half or you'll find out what finger food is.

Grip the back half or you'll find out what finger food is.

[pansypoo53219]

4. found a much larger one w/ my cousin. we carried it to the cottage to show it off.

it was inches over a foot long. in a bout 30 sec, it disappeared from the patio. probably made a bee line to the lake.

[sinkingfeeling]

5. I rescued one that had been grazed by a car. I let it bite on a stick.

Put it down on my woods and in an hour or so it had headed down the hill to the stream.

[JudyM]

6. I've rescued a few alligator snapping turtles from the 6 lane road near me. They were over 30 lbs

and their squirming and long claws make it a real challenge. My hands were torn up for a month after my last encounter. Decided to carry gloves in my car after that. Can’t leave em to get hit on this fast street, they’re close to being an endangered species.

[Bluepinky]

7. Thank you! I try to rescue turtles too when I see them on the road.

I haven’t rescued a snapper yet, though.

[JudyM]

8. Thank you, too.

Just the luck of the draw, but same impulse to save, right? Last time I did it was at the start of rush hour, and it was a bit uncomfortable holding up 3 lanes of traffic, my car with flashers on, it’s so awkward and cumbersome holding this heavy creature away from your body as it’s clawing at your hands and arms while you’re trying to be quick about carrying it off to safety. Probably looked pretty comical, in a way.

[Bluepinky]

10. What a kind person, I'll bet a lot of people in that line we're appreciative of your efforts.

If I can’t handle a rescue myself, I’ll block the turtle with my car and another kind person will stop and lend a hand.

[LAS14]

9. Nice start to the day! nt