Snappers make the best eating if you know how to fix them. I was told they have 7 different kinds of meat. Friend had a big one in his pond and kept his gun by the door. Finally got him, he sank to the bottom of the pond, floated up 3 days later and weighted in a 25 pounds...daughter had a snapper in her pond and it took down one of her ducks...the other 2 wouldn’t go near the pond after that.
When my grandson and his mother moved out of my condo, I inherited George and Gracie, two land tortoises. They had babies three years ago, some of which survived to be given away at school. I feed them when I’m there and am moving them this summer to a farm. Tame little things. Knock on the door for banana bits some days. They live on insects and greenery. When the grasshoppers arrive, they have a big time.
I don't think we swam there much that summer.