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Snapping Turtle Feeding
okay, I wasn't sure if I should put this here or elsewhere, but opted for WW since he is more of a warm water guy.
My co-worker found a snapping turtle about 2 week ago in our parking lot. We built it a 'habitat' and promtly made him our team mascot. We even set up an internal web-cam so we can keep tabs on him.
Well, yesterday was live food feeding day, so we recorded the process. Man, he downs 12 minnows (shiners for those interested) in less than 10 minutes! It is a site to behold! If you right-click on the link and choose save tatget as (for IE users) you can download the 10Mb video to watch again and again.
OOOOPPPPS! Had to change the link. It now takes you to a page with a link to the feeding movie. It is titled "Spike TV - First Feeding" That should work.
[url=http://www.spratland.com:d26a9]Spike Feeding[/url:d26a9]
Enjoy!
Don
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ol' spike is fastern' lightning!
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It looks like he got full near the end of the video. I never knew they were that quick and accurate. Pete
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Don't go wet wadin necked around snappin turtles. Might lose somethin impotant
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Every day that I wake up and everything still works. Is a good day.
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Facinating footage. He seems to launch his whole body and his accuracy is fantastic. I actually caught my first snapping turtle on a fly rod last week. This video explains how quick they are.
Thanks for sharing.
p.s It would really suck to be minnow in his tank - but not for long.
Jim Smith
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Don,
Thanks for sharing. Many years ago, a friend & I fished a pond that had an overabundance of small gills & a couple decent sized snappers. One day, a snapper was right in front of me in real clear water & I hooked a tiny gill & tossed it out. I THOUGHT the gill was too far from the turtle, but I sure got educated. Those babies are FAST!
Mike
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any clues on how you guys can see this video. I've tried it with my home dial up and at work on DSL, and in neither place can I watch the video. I'm dying to see it. Well, that might be extreme, but you get the point. It just seems to sit there spinning with nothing ever coming up. JGW
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John,
I had trouble too, then I got there by doing this:
1-on this page, click Spike Feeding
2-on his page, FIRST click First Feeding, THEN look down & click on the one that starts http.......that worked for me.
Mike
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Do I sell the float tube or buy chainmail leggins'? Not too many of those bad boys in the trout ponds I fish, but the bog ponds have some the size of manhole covers..Yikes!
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Anyone know a place that sells Kevlar Waders, and Stainless Steel Long Johns....Ouch!
~ Parnelli
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot
With a pink hotel, a boutique
And a swinging hot spot
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got
Till it's gone
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot.
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