May 24, 2008


Alligator Snapping Turtle

This is my favorite creature at the old aquarium at Fair Park in Dallas. I saw him first when I was a child, and he looks much the same now–maybe a little more moss. And he weighs about 300 pounds. When I was a kid I would wade in muddy creeks, catching minnows with a net made from an old mesh bag oranges came in and looking for turtles. I’m very glad I didn’t step on this one! I once saw one about one quarter this size snap a broomstick like a twig. Took a section out of it.

posted by Daryl Scroggins in animals, general, memory, nature 

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One Response to “Alligator Snapping Turtle”

  1. Sheila Ryan on May 24th, 2008 at 11:35 am

    I adore that murky old funky-smelling aquarium. Next best thing to a muddy creek.

    And that turtle — I remember seeing him back in the wayback days, too.

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