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re: Oklahoma fishermen catch 'behemoth' alligator snapping turtle
Posted on 6/14/18 at 5:50 pm to Cowboyfan89
Posted on 6/14/18 at 5:50 pm to Cowboyfan89
Oklahoma is one of the states that it's illegal to harvest this turtle.
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Posted on 6/14/18 at 6:01 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer
Das a baby brah
Posted on 6/14/18 at 6:02 pm to Cowboyfan89
FWIW
quote:
The IUCN lists it as a threatened species, and as of June 14, 2006, i
Posted on 6/14/18 at 6:13 pm to weagle99
I'm confused...
IUCN Red List- Alligator Snapping Turtle
I think someone inaccurately wrote threatened, because even the federal register entry that placed the AST on the CITES list stated that the IUCN classified it as vulnerable.
IUCN Red List- Alligator Snapping Turtle
I think someone inaccurately wrote threatened, because even the federal register entry that placed the AST on the CITES list stated that the IUCN classified it as vulnerable.
This post was edited on 6/14/18 at 6:17 pm
Posted on 6/14/18 at 6:19 pm to weagle99
Well I’m la you can take 1 a day. So there’s that.
Posted on 6/14/18 at 8:07 pm to jdavid1
quote:
That's no 100lb turtle.
I was thinking the same thing. I’ve seen at least 2 in my life that were bigger than that, one was on a set hook in Cane River. He could have pulled our boat all over the river the way he was moving.
Posted on 6/14/18 at 8:15 pm to LSU_Smash_the_West
Hopefully yall let him go.
Posted on 6/14/18 at 9:20 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer
That’s a 75lb turtle and anyone guessing age is full of shite. They grow to 35 lbs in the first 8 years. After that it’s highly variable. I know I can put 1 lb per week on one in captivity. All these “civil war” turtle stories are silly. If they lived that long they would be crawling all over the highway because there would be so many of them.
Posted on 6/14/18 at 9:20 pm to LSU_Smash_the_West
Here's LSU_Smash_the_West's turtle:
Nice tailgate!
Nice tailgate!
This post was edited on 6/14/18 at 9:22 pm
Posted on 6/15/18 at 6:10 am to weagle99
quote:
Article says they put the turtle back in the river.
Well done boys.
Posted on 6/15/18 at 7:26 am to Shwapp
Be best if they put their foot in his mouth for science
Posted on 6/15/18 at 8:25 am to JGood
i have a buddy that has one alive in a tank.Last time they weighed it was 8 or so years ago and it was 166lbs.
Posted on 6/15/18 at 8:32 am to bayouvette
Posted on 6/15/18 at 9:10 am to tenfoe
quote:
All these “civil war” turtle stories are silly. If they lived that long they would be crawling all over the highway because there would be so many of them.
Well, that's not how it works. Just because they can live that long doesn't mean many of them make it. It's rough out there in nature. You're probably right about random people guessing the age of a specific turtle, but I have no reason to doubt science on the age it says these things can attain.
Hell there's a tortoise alive today that was 50 years old in 1882 when he was brought to Saint Helena. LINK
Posted on 6/15/18 at 12:54 pm to Teague
maybe this
is the reason for this
quote:
"He’s blind from cataracts, has lost his sense of smell,
is the reason for this
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In 2017, it was discovered that Frederica, the tortoise he has been regularly mating with since 1991, previously assumed to be a female, is probably actually a male.[8]
Posted on 6/15/18 at 1:01 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer
If you get a chance to stop by Bass Pro Shop in Denham Springs there's a 197lb Snapping Turtle in the tank there. It's the biggest I've ever seen. The sign reads it was 136 when captured 10 years ago. She must be eating well in captivity.
Posted on 6/15/18 at 1:34 pm to celltech1981
quote:
In 2017, it was discovered that Frederica, the tortoise he has been regularly mating with since 1991, previously assumed to be a female, is probably actually a male.
So, they really didn't discover anything.
Posted on 6/15/18 at 1:48 pm to GRIZZ
quote:
She must be eating well in captivity.
Its all that leftover fudge at the end of the day.
Oh and the OB needs more photos of LSU_Smash_the_West's vehicles.
Posted on 6/15/18 at 2:10 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer
I've seen some come out of Chicot Park way bigger than that.
Posted on 6/15/18 at 2:37 pm to Teague
quote:
Just because they can live that long doesn't mean many of them make it. It's rough out there in nature. You're probably right about random people guessing the age of a specific turtle, but I have no reason to doubt science on the age it says these things can attain.
I guess I was being specific to the over-abundance of the "civil war" turtle stories. I too do not doubt they live a very long time, I just don't believe there are that many out there that live that long.
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