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Anonymous
hey /an/

anyone have any experience with snappers? whats the safest wasy (if any) to handle them?

Otherwise, discuss the badass of the animal kingdom.
>> Anonymous
from a distance, with a spear
>> Anonymous
Once when I was fishing with my dad a snapper crawled up real close to us; he grabbed it by the tail and dragged it into the water and it seemed pretty helpless when he had a grip on it.
>> Anonymous
Yea, if you pick them up by the tail they can't get their head up to bite you. Works good.
>> Anonymous
Snappers do have a bad rep' but did you know that they are actually dual natured?

Out of water they strike ferociously, but underwater they only flee and wont strike.

Alot of people grab them by the tail because it places them out of reach but this can harm the turtle. I've found grasping the shell above the head is also a safe place but you gotta watch it when you let go. Draw you hands back over the shell not forward. Then your back hand on the back shell. For large ones that need two hands

On the medium sized ones that you can carry with one hand I've actually been able to pin the head down with a few fingers inside the shell pushing down. Kinda risky but they arent strong enough to push back.
>> Anonymous
nuke it from orbit

only way to be sure
>> Anonymous
Local kid tried to keep one as a pet, but state Fish and Wildlife gave him only 3 options:
eat it
let it go
build an expensive habitat