Fantastic! I love turtles
Joey Santore sounds like he’s from the Bronx.
oldage mutant chonky turtles
Kayaking on the Chicongo river?
Is that like taking a dip in your cesspool?
Was hoping he could get in a “Over by dair”. I grew up in Chicago and that guy has the quintessential accent. Ah, jeeze. Tell yer mahm I sez hi.
Chonko says your boat looks tasty
This guy is probably over 100 years old.
How did he survive that long in the Chicago River?
He must have immunity to EVERYTHING!
I might’ve seen that turtle in a Walmart store lately, thinking it was one of the usual customers.
GEEZ! Reminds me of our current Governor Fatass. I think the turtle could do a better job in Springfield.
During my daily walks by the Rock River, this year I have seen a large number of turtles, for the first time. I’m pretty sure that they’re not snapping turtles, but they are at least 50-60 yards from my closest vantage point.
This is the first year I have seen them, there are at least a couple dozen sunning themselves on some logs. A few are, I’m guessing, 12-16 inches in length.
Nowhere near the size of this bad boy. Snapasaurus Rex!
Do not place your finger or arm or foot anywhere near this turtle. You probably won’t get them back, at least not all in one piece. Snapper look sluggish but they can move very quickly when something looks good to eat.
That bugger is probably 300 years old. Some people call them alligator turtles. They’re not to be trifled with.
Looks like he might have porked up during Covid.
At our first house we lived on a small acreage and the neighbor was doing dirt work in a ditch. It drove out a snapper. I laid a yard stick next to him and stretched out it was 32” (if I recall correctly). His head was the size of my fist. Sent the data to the university and they estimated it was 40-50 years old.