Bitten by Snakes or Snapping Turtles while Swimming?

An old snapper, lazy and embedded in a snug mud-hole or rocky
stream bed, will not flee. It will just wait for something to
happen by, and, be it fish, stick or foot, will bite what it
can reach, in hope of a meal or morsel.

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And they are certainly fearless, and they are certainly not slow. Long
necks, too.

Several years ago, I came upon a rather large snapper taking a lazy stroll
across our street and decided I should help him get to the other side before
a driver less cautious than myself nailed him. It was a fairly easy process.
I just waved a stick in front of his face, and then used the stick to drag
him to safety. The neighbors still wonder why they never see me swimming in
the lake.

"Nick Danger" wrote in
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Several years ago, I came upon a rather large snapper
taking a lazy stroll across our street and decided I should
help him get to the other side before a driver less
cautious than myself nailed him. It was a fairly easy
process. I just waved a stick in front of his face, and
then used the stick to drag him to safety. The neighbors
still wonder why they never see me swimming in the lake.


A few years back a snapper took a shine to the property where my
sis works. I was telling her of this tale, and she emailed me a
few pics of this great beast. It was a she, and per sis, laid
eggs on the property, and the later hatchlings were adored by
all before being relocated to an unnamed location.

I can email the pics, if anyone is interested, or y'all can wait
until I get my picture thing up and running. No pics of egg
laying, at least not that she sent me, but several good shots of
a ginormous snapper.

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TeaLady (mari)

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"TeaLady (Mari C.)" wrote in message
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A few years back a snapper took a shine to the property where my
sis works. I was telling her of this tale, and she emailed me a
few pics of this great beast. It was a she, and per sis, laid
eggs on the property, and the later hatchlings were adored by
all before being relocated to an unnamed location.

I can email the pics, if anyone is interested, or y'all can wait
until I get my picture thing up and running. No pics of egg
laying, at least not that she sent me, but several good shots of
a ginormous snapper.

If anyone has a need, I can send them a 20-minute video of a box turtle
digging a hole to lay her eggs in. After 20 minutes, I realized this could
end up taking a long time, and I was covered with mosquito bites, so I
decided to call it a night. I came out the next day and there was no trace
of any egg-laying activity there. If I hadn't taken some close-up pics of
the spot whilte the turtle was there, I wouldn't even have been able to find
the spot. I don't know if the eggs ever hatched. A few years earlier, I came
across a box turtle (maybe the same one?) at another spot nearby laying
eggs, but those had been dug up and presumably eaten by the next morning. If
I ever get the time, I'll probably make an animated GIF of this video.