While we were strolling through the ONM, Dr. Rood took us to a ravine that had been eroded by creek that swelled with rain water. In this ravine, we saw a very large turtle, and a fellow student found a box turtle. The large turtle appeared to be snapping turtle, from where I stood. I have had several encounters with snapping turtles. When i was in elementary school, Snapping turtles would crawl up the driveway when it rained. Dad would catch them in 15 Gallon drums, put a rock on their back so they couldn't knock the barrel over and then give them to friends to make turtle soup. When I was a camp counselor, We found a snapping turtle in the creek, I caught it and held it up for pictures.
This is the link to that picture of me with the turtle:
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/fbx/?set=a.5535122460.12271.527767460#!/photo.php?fbid=5535667460&set=a.416871737460.205504.527767460&type=1&theater
Here is a link to some general information about Snapping turtles:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_snapping_turtle
Hope you find snappers as interesting as I do!
BAF
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