When working for the police, I was on ‘tac’ radio for half of my shift. The channel I had included the Animal Control Officer. We got a radio call from a patrol officer who was directing traffic around a very large snapping turtle who was crossing the road, but evidently decided to stop for a break. The patrol officer wanted me to contact Animal Control & have him come out to deal with the snapper. AC happened to be on the far side of the county & still had calls. He was pretty exasperated & said “tell that officer he’ll just have to provide an escort for that turtle across the road because I can’t get there”. The way he said it cracked us all up & when I relayed the info, the patrol officer was not happy. That turtle took its time - he tried to hurry it up, but it would hiss & threaten to bite, so he just had to wait & keep traffic away from it until it got off the road.
That’s a great story!
You can move a big snapper by putting a long thick stick in front of him. He’ll bite it and then you can lift him off the ground and leave him across the road. Seen it done.