Saw a Snapping Turtle in the River

I've seen some geese at the park that had deformed feet and things like that.

Snapping turtles are dangerous!

We have a pond behind our home and often get big snapping turtles in our yard.

They can be dangerous.

Snapping turtles are territorial, aren't they? Maybe he thought the birds were encroaching on his area.

What I know about them is that they are docile in water but can be very aggressive during breeding season and when on land. And it seems that they are seen mostly during their breeding season. They have very sharp jaws to snap. They are territorial and if their territory is not respected, especially during their breeding season, they attack.

A snapping turtle has powerful jaws.

I have read that they can be very aggressive, I do not like those turtles.

Poor birds no wonder they took off when that turtle appeared, I have seen birds exist with deformed members,

I've seen some hop-along one footed Canada geese here in CA

Hubs and I were driving down our street several years ago and had to stop due to a snapping turtle in the middle of the road. Hubs got a stick and tried to push it towards the brook. That thing snapped and almost jumped at hubs. Finally, hubs got him as close to the brook as possible and off the road. They scare me.

I'm glad you got to see the turtle. I didn't know they could bite a bird's foot off.

I've seen quite a few seagulls with only one leg. They seem to get along okay but I'm sure they'd rather have two.

Certainly be keeping my fingers away from him!

Turtles are my favorite..but only in the wild not captive.

Snappers can be dangerous and nasty animals if frightened. We had a (mean) neighbour drop one into our 5 foot deep pond that we had at our home in the country. That poor turtle had no way out as the sides of the pond were straight up and he couldn't scale them. We had to pump the water down and then scoop him out with the net. My hubs wanted to put him into a large pail and release him into the creek down the road from us, but he hissed at him. He took a stick to get him to snap at it and then he knew that he would be safe. I drove while my hubs watched the turtle in the pail, I was very nervous during that drive, but at least he was returned to the wild again.

I had heard of snapping turtles but never seen one when one day I saw a turtle in the road, struggling to climb the curb (this was in the US, we don't get turtles here except when people release their pets). I thought I would help it and went to pick it up - I quickly discovered why they are called snapping turtles! They can certainly move really fast!

Snapping turtles are very dangerous. You can lose a finger! Have a good day.