its just soup !
its just soup !
sandfly/bob
N.J.B.B.A. #2215
I did not escape.....they gave me a day pass!
from the outer edge of nowhere
fly tying and fishing ghillie..
female snappers have their waste disposal unit near their shell line like this one. The males have it a little farther down the tail.
I don't mean to ask a stupid question, but.......Had to do the research on a snapping turtle?............for school or were you just curious?
I have heard and read that folks in the south eat em, but here in Canada they are now protected because of that. What once was a common find when I was a kid is now not so common. Although we have lots of wet lands, we have much different weather patterns and shorter seasons, which likely adds to the time taken for turtles to reach breeding age, but at one time folks could take them for whatever reasons and nearly wiped them clean out of Ontario.
If I see one on the roads these days, I stop and help it get off the road and continue on it's journey, for without them, others in the nature chain will also be affected. Always loved turtles, but never enough to want to eat one.
David Parker
Guild Certified Professional Rod Builder
researched for the fun of it. Have only eaten snapper once and it was in a stew 45 years ago.