pond monster caught in England

I'm pretty darned sure this fellow is not native to England
but the article never says where they thought he came from...
http://www.kentonline.co.uk/kol08/ar...ticle_id=44163

k :-)

On Wed, 2 Jul 2008 23:22:56 EDT, kathy <> wrote:

>I'm pretty darned sure this fellow is not native to England
>but the article never says where they thought he came from...
>http://www.kentonline.co.uk/kol08/ar...ticle_id=44163
>
>k :-)

Dig those spurs on its legs! ~ jan
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kathy wrote:
> I'm pretty darned sure this fellow is not native to England
> but the article never says where they thought he came from...
> http://www.kentonline.co.uk/kol08/ar...ticle_id=44163
>
> k :-)
>
For those of us who don't use archaic weight measures-
2 stones=28 lbs= 12.7005 kg

Pretty good sized in any measuring system. How to you not see such a
creature in a pond? Lake maybe, but not a pond.

Chip

its a logger head ....that is why we wear boots in are rice fields.

Snapping turtles are quite smart, evolution wise. They don't show
themselves much, can stay hidden underwater for hours, can detect foot
vibration in water ages before you get close to the pond...

Luxury for a snapping turtle would be to loaf beneath a canopy of
waterlilies on a hot sunny day, pecking succulent stems at a leisurely
pace, once in a while peaking its nose to the surface to breath

Incredibly gentle, delicate in water, moving at no more than a very
slow leisurely pace, rare is it for them to be found without heavy
plant cover to hide in through the daylight hours.

Can be a tad stroppy with hissy fits should you be so uncouth as to
drag them out of their deep cosey pond... They make very easy going
pets, until they outgrow their aquarium.

Turtle traps can winkle them out fairly easy, if you know what you are
doing

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Chip wrote:

> kathy wrote:
>> I'm pretty darned sure this fellow is not native to England
>> but the article never says where they thought he came from...
>> http://www.kentonline.co.uk/kol08/ar...ticle_id=44163
>>
>> k :-)
>>
> For those of us who don't use archaic weight measures-
> 2 stones=28 lbs= 12.7005 kg
>
> Pretty good sized in any measuring system. How to you not see such a
> creature in a pond? Lake maybe, but not a pond.

Define pond? My browser crashed some time after reading this article, so
maybe they did, but I was assuming something in the 1/4 acre and above
size, not a back yard pond. I was also thinking typical park pond - ie,
extremely turbid water due to massive bioload. I can easily imagine hiding
a snapping turtle there - especially since there shouldn't _be_ a snapping
turtle there.
--
derek

Surely a snapper. We get them in MS.

Jim

kathy wrote:
> I'm pretty darned sure this fellow is not native to England
> but the article never says where they thought he came from...
> http://www.kentonline.co.uk/kol08/ar...ticle_id=44163

How cute - they caught a baby snapping turtle!

I wonder where momma is?


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