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As a kid, I remember other younger kids in our neighbor somehow loaded a big snapper into a Radio Flyer Wagon. They caught it in “The Brook” an unnamed trib to. The S. Branch Raritan, Three Bridges.

They wheeled it up to the houses, & one of the mothers began lecturing them on the dangerous turtle.

With a very short stick in her hand she pointed it @ the turtle’s head,…..“See, they can bite…………….” & WHAM, the neck & head shot out & bit her good! Luckily it didn’t latch on, but her blood was everywhere . She had to go to the emergency room. Good lesson for the kids.

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rescued that guy from the middle of a street in Mendham when I was out riding a few years ago. He was trying to cross from a pond on one side of the street to another on the other side. He was in the middle of the road so I blocked traffic with my bike since noone was even swerving to avoid him and brought him to his destination. He'd take a finger off easy if he got one!

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My dad used to tell me a similar story. Once when he was in the emergency room, a lady was sitting next to him with her finger shredded to the bone. Apparently, she found a turtle in her backyard, and tried to hand-feed it lettuce. Turned out the turtle was a snapper, and it preferred protein over vegetables. Even city slickers should learn about the local wildlife, you never know when it'll show up.

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You're supposed to take 'em out of the shell to weight them :D
Make a great soup, especially topped off with a little shot of sherry. They are ugly monsters though.