Comments on: turtle crossing day

by: bev

Thu, 05 Jul 2007 14:45:18 +0000

Hi JayPix - Yes, turtles are pretty good hunters with plenty of aquatic creatures on the menu. I agree.. holding a frog for a turtle to snap at is never a good idea! Better to let them catch prey on their own.

by: JaykPix

Wed, 04 Jul 2007 17:09:13 +0000

I originally was looking for sites on turtles because of a vid I saw on Ebaumsworld.com of a turtle being persistant in telling a cat that it meant business. I was curious as to what species it was, and was intrigued by the photo of a leech on a turtle. After reading the blog, it reminded me of my days as a kid when I’d find a turtle and keep it for a week and then release it. One of the most incredible things I can remember watching.. I was in my grandparents’ backyard, and the house had just been built, so, as sometimes happens, after the first big rain, parts of the backyard sank. Well, this is Heaven to small frogs (apparently). One night, I was watching the frogs, and I saw a turtle sitting very still in the bottom of the sunken part of the yard. And then the head snapped out and caught a small frog in midair and chomped it to bits and ate it. I was… ten, I think. Up to that point, I’d always given turtles veggies and catfood… never thought to use meat or live food. ~*~WARNING~*~ Holding a frog by the hind leg for the turtle to snap… is dangerous to your finger and thumb. (I still have all of mine, but it hurt!)

by: Burning Silo » Blog Archive » turtle crossing controversy

Tue, 19 Jun 2007 14:19:02 +0000

[…] I had thought to write about something else this morning, but my original post was pre-empted by this one as it seems more timely. Yes, this is a recycled photo from last year’s post about turtle crossings. I briefly considered using one of my photos of crushed turtles from my Ribbon of Death roadkilled animal online gallery, but thought better of it as it might be a bit of a shocker to anyone stumbling upon my blog. So, you get the “nice” turtle photo instead of the reality. As turtle photography goes, the truth of the matter is that I get a hell of a lot more opportunities to photograph dead turtles than live ones — in fact, I’d say the odds are running somewhere about 3-to-1 in favour of all of the dead turtles seen along highways. […]

by: burning silo

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 00:17:59 +0000

Maddie - Wow, that’s pretty terrible! Sorry to hear about your finger! But, yes, some species of turtles can *really* bite — especially the snapping turtles. I’ve heard of a few people who have been badly bitten by snapping turtles. A couple of times when I’ve been moving them off of roadways, they have grabbed onto shovel handles and the like so hard that you can’t get them loose until they decide to let go.

by: Maddie K.

Mon, 09 Apr 2007 20:37:07 +0000

About a year and a half ago I was camping up Lossae Creek in the Coos area and I came upon a strange turtle. I went to touch it and it literally “snapped” my index finger and middle finger off. Never could find them. Went to the ER and had my hand stitched up. They ARE incredibly strong.