A real life lake monster from my home town! Hey, it's the OC, what did 'ya expect, a plesiosaur?
To: SoCal Pubbie
ALLIGATOR SNAPPING TURTLE
• Latin name: Macroclemys temmincki
• Size: Upper shell can be more than 26 inches long
• Record weight: 219 pounds
• Habitat: Deep-water rivers, lakes, sloughs; occasionally found in brackish waters
• Range: East Texas to Florida panhandle; north to Iowa and Indiana
• Characteristics: Largest freshwater turtle in the world; has pink, worm-like structure on its tongue used as “fishing lure” to attract prey; massive head with strongly hooked beak; very long tail; carapace is gray or brown and serrated.
• Source: The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Reptiles & Amphibians
To: SoCal Pubbie
> Read more at ocregister.com ...
Note: requires registration.
I didn't bother, nor check bugmenot.
4 posted on
09/10/2004 8:26:27 AM PDT by
Boundless
To: SoCal Pubbie
"Luke, fetch me my rifle"
"Yes Sir, Boss"
5 posted on
09/10/2004 8:30:30 AM PDT by
blackdog
(Illegitumi non carborundum)
To: SoCal Pubbie
I've got a great recipe!
7 posted on
09/10/2004 8:30:49 AM PDT by
FreedomFarmer
(Less carrot, more STICK!)
To: SoCal Pubbie
Beautiful creature!
8 posted on
09/10/2004 8:31:04 AM PDT by
StoneColdGOP
(Nothing is Bush's fault... Nothing is Bush's fault... Nothing is Bush's fault...)
To: SoCal Pubbie
Any bets that the envrio-nazis will demand that this turtle be returned to it's former home??
To: socal_parrot
"Ol' Man Bob", at first I thought they were talking about you, but then I saw the picture.
You don't have any of those in your pond do you?
12 posted on
09/10/2004 8:36:59 AM PDT by
OC_Steve
(Choc-full-o-nuts is that heavenly coffee, better coffee a millionaire's money can't buy)
To: SoCal Pubbie
For now, the transplanted Fullerton resident will be heavily fed with chicken, rodents, shrimp, fish and smelt, then placed in double burlap bags and hosed down until his transcontinental journey. "We will put him in a pet carrier, then in a crate to be shipped on a red-eye flight in the cool night air," Paquette said.
I am very happy that I will not behind all this at the securtiy inspection line when the turtle flys. Funny thing is that they will take away your nail clippers but not your 100 pound snapping turtle! But it is nice to see hat the turtle gets the same airline food as the regular pasengers.
13 posted on
09/10/2004 8:37:25 AM PDT by
pikachu
(The REAL script)
To: SoCal Pubbie; SortaBichy
Hmmm...Orange County....."vicious snapping turtle named "Old Bob" "
18 posted on
09/10/2004 8:59:32 AM PDT by
ErnBatavia
("Dork"; a 60's term for a 60's kinda guy: JFK)
To: SoCal Pubbie
They make great pets!
19 posted on
09/10/2004 9:01:05 AM PDT by
evets
(God bless president George W. Bush)
To: SoCal Pubbie
Laguna Lake was the first place I ever remember fishing. I'm talking 4 years old! When I was older, we used to go there to catch crawdads and dragonflies. Never did see the turtle, though.
21 posted on
09/10/2004 9:10:45 AM PDT by
Jeff Chandler
(Thank you Rush Limbaugh-godfather of the New Media.)
To: SoCal Pubbie
24 posted on
09/10/2004 9:35:57 AM PDT by
Fiddlstix
(This Tagline for sale. (Presented by TagLines R US))
To: Long Cut
I think any Gamera fans would love this!
28 posted on
09/12/2004 9:20:07 PM PDT by
RightWingAtheist
(<A HREF=http://www.michaelmoore.com>disingenuous filmmaker</A>)
To: SoCal Pubbie
31 posted on
10/22/2015 8:29:14 AM PDT by
fishtank
(The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
To: SoCal Pubbie
Did they send in Sir Cort Godfrey of the Nessie Alliance to cast a protective spell over the lake and its local residents and all those who seek for the peaceful existence of our underwater ally.
33 posted on
10/22/2015 8:38:48 AM PDT by
dfwgator
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