It’s only dangerous to the stupid people who try and handle it for a selfie.
This looks so terrifying
bowser
Isn’t that just a snapping turtle that speaks foreign
/s
Adult mutant ninja turtle is scary
I don’t like this evolution.
This one’s just a baby (the ones you see in zoos are HUGE.) It looks unwell. I don’t think the eyes are supposed to be pink. I’m glad they rescued it.
Or as they call it in south, “Tuesday”
That’s not ‘Dangerous’ that’s just plain dangerous
>Ms Chamberlain claimed the turtle was dumped by an exotic pet owner who was “no longer able to look after it”.
Originally I was going to get triggered by irresponsible pet owner, but “no longer able to” seems oddly specific. Does she know what happened to the original owner?
I mean just look at the poor ugly thing – that’s pretty fair warning to leave it be
That turtle is extremely metal
It looks like chocolate cake
What a hideous looking thing.
What’s he gonna do, nibble yer bum?
Whats so special about bone found in Cumbria?
Bone, Cumbria, am I the only one seeing this?
Turdle
Ok, but can it bite through bones that are not found in Cumbria?
MBS importing them to embassies for active cleanup duty as we speak.
I guess you don’t want to stick a bone in that gaping maw.
Took me longer than I’d like to realize that was a live animal and not a fossil.
I actually love snapping turtles (from a distance). They look like dinosaurs.
What’s not to love about the screaming spike monster?
Okay, put it back where you found it.
It looks just like a snapping turtle.
Heyyyyy it’s Franklin… coming over to play…
I moved a fairly large common snapping turtle by hand once. Very bitey. Surprisingly heavy. I don’t think I’d try with an alligator snapping turtle. Leave that to the professionals. I was proud of my moment though, rescuing that old girl from the highway.
Fuck yeah
If anyone wants some nightmare fuel- yes they can bite fingers clean off.
Sounds like a companion piece to cocaine bear from Edgar wright
Secret of the ooze incoming.
Leave bitey boy alone
why the fuck is dangerous always in quotes. if they don’t think it’s so dangerous maybe they can try a snoot boop. fucking rag piece of shit sky news
But through which bone? I eat chicken bones, so like finger strength. Do these things bite through upper leg or skull like bones?
Not just Florida. Snappers are all over the eastern half of North America.
FWIW, they’re not just in Florida. Grew up in Southern Indiana and we had a manhole- cover-sized one try and cross the street from a really overgrown swampy lake.
We kept hearing honking, and went out to investigate, and found this beast. My dad got a shovel to try and scoot it out of the road. Went to put it under the guy and use it like a sled to shuttle it off, and it clamped the end of the shovel and yanked it out of my dad’s hand. Finally got the shovel under it and got it off the road.
Didn’t see it again. Hope it had a long healthy life. Hell, if the 50-100 lifespan is legit, it could easily be kicking around out there still, recalling stories of the time humans tried to murder it with a weird stick to it’s koopalings.
There used to be a campground my family frequented when I was younger. It had a large pond and it was always marked “NO SWIMMING ANY TIME” and that’s because of the pond monsters. They were very similar to this guy but MASSIVE. We used to go down there and feed the smaller / medium fish by the dock, and that activity would bring these guys over, and that was always the intended goal. Seeing them in person in the wild is really cool. I think the type we saw were alligator snapping turtles based on the size and description online.
Fucking baby bowser goddamn.
Picture: wow that looks like something in the Amazon or something
Website: ah, Sky News? Maybe related to the UK?
Article title: mentions Cumbria. Definitely the UK.
First paragraph: “…rivers and swamps in Florida…”, oh, maybe not the UK. Is this in the US? It is .com after all, rather than .co.uk. Didn’t know they had somewhere called Cumbria though.
Second paragraph: “…beside Urswick Tarn…”. What? Is that a person? A location? A business?
Third paragraph: “…The Westmorland Gazette…” Right, pretty sure this is the UK after all.
This may just be me (and some Saturday night alcohol), but I’ve never realised until know how difficult it can be to read a (local?) news article without any knowledge as to the location it was published. Cool looking turtle though.
What’s Mitch McConnell doing all the way in Cumbria?
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Fuck yeah
It’s only dangerous to the stupid people who try and handle it for a selfie.
This looks so terrifying
bowser
Isn’t that just a snapping turtle that speaks foreign
/s
Adult mutant ninja turtle is scary
I don’t like this evolution.
This one’s just a baby (the ones you see in zoos are HUGE.) It looks unwell. I don’t think the eyes are supposed to be pink. I’m glad they rescued it.
Or as they call it in south, “Tuesday”
That’s not ‘Dangerous’ that’s just plain dangerous
>Ms Chamberlain claimed the turtle was dumped by an exotic pet owner who was “no longer able to look after it”.
Originally I was going to get triggered by irresponsible pet owner, but “no longer able to” seems oddly specific. Does she know what happened to the original owner?
I mean just look at the poor ugly thing – that’s pretty fair warning to leave it be
That turtle is extremely metal
It looks like chocolate cake
What a hideous looking thing.
What’s he gonna do, nibble yer bum?
Whats so special about bone found in Cumbria?
Bone, Cumbria, am I the only one seeing this?
Turdle
Ok, but can it bite through bones that are not found in Cumbria?
MBS importing them to embassies for active cleanup duty as we speak.
I guess you don’t want to stick a bone in that gaping maw.
Took me longer than I’d like to realize that was a live animal and not a fossil.
I actually love snapping turtles (from a distance). They look like dinosaurs.
What’s not to love about the screaming spike monster?
Okay, put it back where you found it.
It looks just like a snapping turtle.
Heyyyyy it’s Franklin… coming over to play…
I moved a fairly large common snapping turtle by hand once. Very bitey. Surprisingly heavy. I don’t think I’d try with an alligator snapping turtle. Leave that to the professionals. I was proud of my moment though, rescuing that old girl from the highway.
Fuck yeah
If anyone wants some nightmare fuel- yes they can bite fingers clean off.
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1016/j.wem.2016.02.003
Sounds like a companion piece to cocaine bear from Edgar wright
Secret of the ooze incoming.
Leave bitey boy alone
why the fuck is dangerous always in quotes. if they don’t think it’s so dangerous maybe they can try a snoot boop. fucking rag piece of shit sky news
But through which bone? I eat chicken bones, so like finger strength. Do these things bite through upper leg or skull like bones?
Not just Florida. Snappers are all over the eastern half of North America.
FWIW, they’re not just in Florida. Grew up in Southern Indiana and we had a manhole- cover-sized one try and cross the street from a really overgrown swampy lake.
We kept hearing honking, and went out to investigate, and found this beast. My dad got a shovel to try and scoot it out of the road. Went to put it under the guy and use it like a sled to shuttle it off, and it clamped the end of the shovel and yanked it out of my dad’s hand. Finally got the shovel under it and got it off the road.
Didn’t see it again. Hope it had a long healthy life. Hell, if the 50-100 lifespan is legit, it could easily be kicking around out there still, recalling stories of the time humans tried to murder it with a weird stick to it’s koopalings.
There used to be a campground my family frequented when I was younger. It had a large pond and it was always marked “NO SWIMMING ANY TIME” and that’s because of the pond monsters. They were very similar to this guy but MASSIVE. We used to go down there and feed the smaller / medium fish by the dock, and that activity would bring these guys over, and that was always the intended goal. Seeing them in person in the wild is really cool. I think the type we saw were alligator snapping turtles based on the size and description online.
Fucking baby bowser goddamn.
Picture: wow that looks like something in the Amazon or something
Website: ah, Sky News? Maybe related to the UK?
Article title: mentions Cumbria. Definitely the UK.
First paragraph: “…rivers and swamps in Florida…”, oh, maybe not the UK. Is this in the US? It is .com after all, rather than .co.uk. Didn’t know they had somewhere called Cumbria though.
Second paragraph: “…beside Urswick Tarn…”. What? Is that a person? A location? A business?
Third paragraph: “…The Westmorland Gazette…” Right, pretty sure this is the UK after all.
This may just be me (and some Saturday night alcohol), but I’ve never realised until know how difficult it can be to read a (local?) news article without any knowledge as to the location it was published. Cool looking turtle though.
What’s Mitch McConnell doing all the way in Cumbria?