And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Thursday, March 17, 2016
The difference between an Alligator Snapping Turtle and a Common Snapping Turtle
One can take off a finger, the other will get your whole hand.
Their was a college kid doing a study on turtle movement patterns so she tagged some with GPS. We used to grab one and take it for a ride around the swamp or put it in the work truck and haul it around all day then put it back. Don't know if that girl ever finished her study but we had a blast.
I had an encounter with an alligator snapping turtle when I was about 5 years old in Mt pleasant, Mississippi. Dad and I were fishing, he had left me alone to go untie a boat. The turtle was as big as I was and may as well have been godzila. I thought I was doomed and was my first taste of true terror being charged by that thing. Dad broke a boat paddle killing it. I wasn't bitten but remain hateful of those critters today.
Their was a college kid doing a study on turtle movement patterns so she tagged some with GPS. We used to grab one and take it for a ride around the swamp or put it in the work truck and haul it around all day then put it back. Don't know if that girl ever finished her study but we had a blast.
ReplyDeleteHa! Classic!
DeleteThat's a lot like the difference between "Aliens" in the movie - the difference between dogs and wolves.
ReplyDeleteI had an encounter with an alligator snapping turtle when I was about 5 years old in Mt pleasant, Mississippi. Dad and I were fishing, he had left me alone to go untie a boat. The turtle was as big as I was and may as well have been godzila. I thought I was doomed and was my first taste of true terror being charged by that thing. Dad broke a boat paddle killing it. I wasn't bitten but remain hateful of those critters today.
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