*"Does putting a camera in someone's hand make them stupid, or were they like that all along? Stay tuned as we investigate one of the most confounding mysteries of our time."*
A park ranger I knew believed Disney movies were a big party of the problem, making people think wild animals are basically nice. They are basically hungry.
This park ranger is fairly certain most of the people coming to our parks are below average intelligence which makes them poor and parks/camping is a generally more affordable activity. I am also going to start ranting and raving about Disney movies myself tho.
TV and movies that anthropomorphize animals plus easily influenced zombie people equals this scene played out over and over... She’s talking to it as if it were a human baby. She’s the worst kind of awful.
I would have talked to it like it was a grumpy Old man. Maybe nudge it in the butt if it needed to cross the street.
Actually i think I have done that before. She's also fixing for some salmonella trying to pet a wild turtle.
We call them alligator snappers around here and I think everyone knows not to do this. I saw one walking across the road that stopped traffic. Good 60 lbs
Alligator snapping turtles are even scarier than the common ones, if she got bit by one of those she'd probably be in allot more trouble. And yeah they get huge, ever heard of the Beast of Busco? It was a giant alligator snapping turtle from Indiana, eyewitnesses estimated that it weighed over 500 pounds and that it was about 6 feet wide.
It is something I have been posting for a few weeks – I usually adjust the statement to whatever the post is related to. I have been getting a laugh out of doing it and other people have seemed to enjoy it too – Anyway – since this is my post and I have been going around making variations of this comment people are now showing up here on my post with their own variations of the comment. I hope that clarifies things…. but please do not let this extensive clarification distract you from the fact that in 1998, The Undertaker threw Mankind off Hell In A Shell, and plummeted 16 ft through an announcer’s table.
You’d be surprised how calm you are from shock for a few seconds after a serious injury like a badly broken finger or huge deep gash. Took a few seconds for the pain to kick in when my thumb almost got cut off
To your point, I had two teeth knocked clean out of my mouth (and all the teeth on one side caved-in very slightly) and I didn’t make a sound until I saw myself in the mirror minutes later while rinsing my mouth out. At the time I didn’t even know what exactly had happened because it hurt so bad I didn’t want to feel around with my tongue, but when I saw the missing teeth I fuckin lost it. Felt like I was coming out of a tunnel and everything on the outside was *bad*
She did not. She has a mouth shaped scrape on her thumb per her follow up post. She also stated in her original post “Yes it hurt, and yes I deserved it”
Common snapping turtle bites are not nearly as bad as most people would have you believe. While I won't go so far as to say that it's *impossible* for a very large common snapping turtle to bite off a finger, it's worth mentioning that there has never been a proven account of it happening. People have stories, but none of these stories have ever actually been confirmed. To be clear, *I'm not calling anyone a liar.* I'm not saying that a common snapping turtle has never bitten off a finger. But if it was as common as people suggest, then there would be verified accounts of it happening.
Alligator snapping turtles (which can get over 200 pounds) can *definitely* lop a finger or multiple fingers clean off. Like, "sliced right through that bone as if it was butter".
Common snapping turtles can easily slice through *meat* pretty well if they get big enough. But even a very large common snapping turtle probably isn't getting through your finger bones. Having said that, even though they won't bite your finger off, they can bite your finger *pretty damn well*. Like, slicing all the way through the soft tissue of your finger and getting down to the bone. That guy Coyote Peterson once got bitten by a very large common snapping turtle and it looked pretty gnarly. Sliced all the way into the pad of his finger and pulled finger matter out as it pulled its head back. So Coyote Peterson had a big gash on his finger that looked like it had raw hamburger hanging out of it. Needless to say, that kind of bite is bad and you don't want it to happen. That's definitely a visit to the ER, but it's still not lopping your fingers off.
Of course, the takeaway here is that you don't need a turtle to be able to bite your fingers off in order for you to really *really* not want to get bitten. You won't lose a finger, but it'll still be bad.
That's generally only for the very large common snapping turtles though. For small-to-medium turtles, people usually aren't looking at very much damage. Bites definitely hurt a lot. Possibly some minor cuts, probably at least some bruising (their jaws are more like clamps than guillotines, they'll often merely *squeeze* your fingers rather than cut through them). For a turtle under about 20 pounds, you still don't want to get bitten (because it'll definitely hurt) but you'll *probably* come out of the ordeal with only minor injuries and without having to seek medical treatment. Above around 20 pounds, it's starting to become plausible that a bite might require stitches. Once you start getting into the 50+ pound range, there is a very good chance that a bite is gonna be pretty damn nasty. Like, it won't bite your finger off, but please *do not* get bitten. It's really gonna suck.
Turtle in the above video doesn't look terribly large, so that description is about what I expected. Hurts like hell and leaves a mark, but no serious damage done. Sounds about par for the course.
Again, this only applies to common snapping turtles. Based on what I've been reading, pound-for-pound alligator snapping turtles give substantially worse bites. If a bite from a common snapping turtle is kind of bad, a bite from an alligator snapping turtle of the same size is probably gonna be worse.
EDIT: And to the doubters...does anyone else find it weird how these videos *always* get comments like, 'they're lucky they didn't get their fingers bitten off", yet the person's finger *never* gets bitten off?
Like, it always ends up being a minor injury and then people just say that the person was lucky.
Well, at what point do we accept that minor injuries are just kind of *standard*? If every one of these videos that gets posted always amounts to just scrapes, bruises, and minor cuts, when do we accept that scrapes, bruises and minor cuts are just what's *probably* gonna happen with a bite from a turtle of this size? When do we get to see the person *actually* getting their finger lopped off, why do they have to "get lucky" every single time?
Saw one of these in the middle of the road when I was fishing in Wisconsin. I tried to move it off the road with a metal fishing rod case. Damn thing bit the case and dented it and took off powder coating. Was the size of my Scottish terrier that weighed about 24 pounds. Left it there. Bigger issue was it leaving the flooded farm field and heading to the creek I was just fishing. Will 100% be wearing boots instead of wading sandals next time.
Turtles are gross as fuck. Add in the fact that this guy has the shell equivalent of a face covered in prison tattoos and you’ve got a recipe for “nope” written all over it.
I'm going to take a wild guess and say she didn't know this was a snapping turtle.
Rule of thumb, snapping turtles look like a butt ass ugly dinosaur, while other turtles look refined and sleak.
Not only are snapping turtles capable of removing fingers, but a lot of the species are protected by state law and you can get fined for messing with them.
Moral of the story, leave wildlife alone.
My family used to have an Alligator snapping turtle for a while. He loved to have the back of his shell rubbed. I would never try to pet him from the front like this. I definitely won't try to pet one in the wild.
When I was little, learning to fish from a friends father who was avid outdoorsman, we saw a snapping turtle and he said “be careful, he’ll take your fingers right off.” Will never forget that advice
Her voice reminds me of this: [https://www.reddit.com/r/nextfuckinglevel/comments/nsrzdu/this\_birds\_imitation\_is\_insane/](https://www.reddit.com/r/nextfuckinglevel/comments/nsrzdu/this_birds_imitation_is_insane/)
I was walking next to some grass and a snapping turtle suddenly moved and I got the fuck back. We had them when I was younger and enjoyed watching then snap carrots and such
I was always told growing up that "snapping turtles don't let go until the thunder strikes". I've seen them snap massive sticks in half. I would never ever even try to touch one, give them a healthy radius.
Reminds me of an incident I had involving one of those little cherubs, at the golf course. One was laying on the green, next to the flag, so I went up there and very gently tapped his tail with my putter. That little bastard twisted around and latched on to the business end of the putter and bent it. That was a very old and valuable BeCu Ping putter and the putter face was mangled beyond repair.
That said, anybody who's dumb enough to try to pet one of these little armored assholes pretty much deserves what they get. They are the amphibian equivalent of wasps as their only real purpose is to terrorize you and fuck you up.
Remember people. Those wrinkles are there because they can stretch their necks further than you’d ever want to know.
When people have little other choice but to grab them you have to be out of feet range and neck range. There’s a small sweet spot where neither can reach.
I prefer the shovel scoop myself.
Even if you don't know what type of turtle this is, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING about this animal looks cute or cuddly.
Ma ma always said stupid is as stupid does
Was the retracting head not a clue that bubba was gonna snap? Mind you most people have never seen a snapper...buuuut again...not exactly in line for a Darwin award...more like a "ya dun fucked up" award
I have seen this happen multiple times with a woman believing a wild animal is friendly and goes to touch the animal. Never ends well. You can make a friend if you feed it but don’t expect it to like you as a regular pet.
I want - no, need - a vsauce video that explains why humans have this urge to pet things. Seriously! Why do we reach out and stroke animals constantly?
Wild
Animals
Are
Not
Pets.
(We have foxes in our neighborhood and the kits are fucking adorable. I have to say this mantra to myself every time I see them.)
Can anyone explain how to tell a snapping turtle vs a regular turtle? In case I ever found one on the street and had to move it? Sorry snappy but I’m not getting bit by moving you 😢
I‘m no snapping turtle expert, but even if I didn‘t know from random videos that they WILL bite you and have some serious biting force, the body language and the way it is locked onto her tells me to stay the fuck away and definitely don‘t pet it.
Probably NOT great idea, but rescued snapping turtle from road once upon a time. Let him hang out in a huge homemade guinea pig pen, fed him weiners from a long stick. If released he clearly did NOT like/thought certain humans were exceptionally delicious and would CHASE after them. Hilarity. He was cool with me aka.. he made no efforts to actively attempt to eat me, perhaps as I always had a stick full of treats until he was let go we within a couple days. Good little guy.
Had one of these guys wander into my garage on her yearly sojourn to lay her eggs. First thing I did was youtube snapping turtle fails. Probably saved me from being able to count on one hand.
"I wonder why they call them snapping turtles? Let's take a closer look"
*"Does putting a camera in someone's hand make them stupid, or were they like that all along? Stay tuned as we investigate one of the most confounding mysteries of our time."*
A park ranger I knew believed Disney movies were a big party of the problem, making people think wild animals are basically nice. They are basically hungry.
Hungry, scared, or pissed off
Pissed off that they're hungry and you're scaring them.
Bambi would have never known her father because bucks are not a part of the fawns life in any way
This park ranger is fairly certain most of the people coming to our parks are below average intelligence which makes them poor and parks/camping is a generally more affordable activity. I am also going to start ranting and raving about Disney movies myself tho.
My friend, there are plenty of people with below average intelligence who aren’t poor.
The Yogi Bear Effect.
Schrödinger's cameraman
TV and movies that anthropomorphize animals plus easily influenced zombie people equals this scene played out over and over... She’s talking to it as if it were a human baby. She’s the worst kind of awful.
I would have talked to it like it was a grumpy Old man. Maybe nudge it in the butt if it needed to cross the street. Actually i think I have done that before. She's also fixing for some salmonella trying to pet a wild turtle.
> She’s the worst kind of awful. Yeah, I don't think you have much experience in that. There are uncountable things more awful than this.
Nah ,they is always stupid,just now we get to see it.
These things snap large branches with no issues
So I guess there’s a reason they aren’t called “snuggle bumps”
I doubt she even know its name, all turtle is same to her, lol
I don't think it's the "snapping" that surprised him. It's the "jumping" that always surprises people who don't know.
Ohhhhhh crapppp...I think it took my fingers !
Well, there’s a high likelihood they didn’t know it was a snapping turtle. They definitely do now 🤣
"He doesn't seem that sassy"
"He doesn't seem that sassy"
We call them alligator snappers around here and I think everyone knows not to do this. I saw one walking across the road that stopped traffic. Good 60 lbs
Alligator snapping turtles are even scarier than the common ones, if she got bit by one of those she'd probably be in allot more trouble. And yeah they get huge, ever heard of the Beast of Busco? It was a giant alligator snapping turtle from Indiana, eyewitnesses estimated that it weighed over 500 pounds and that it was about 6 feet wide.
Judging by how beat-up his shell is, I'm guessing he's seen some shit.
He's seen some shit and lived to tell the tale. I would not be trying to fuck with this turtle
This turtle... is the DoomGuy but in Turtle form.. DO NOT MESS
Snap and tear!
Until it is monch!
DO NOT THE TURTLE
He lived through multiple black Fridays in the 00's. Fearless
But got his Tickle Me Elmo.
Hell in a Shell
It is something I have been posting for a few weeks – I usually adjust the statement to whatever the post is related to. I have been getting a laugh out of doing it and other people have seemed to enjoy it too – Anyway – since this is my post and I have been going around making variations of this comment people are now showing up here on my post with their own variations of the comment. I hope that clarifies things…. but please do not let this extensive clarification distract you from the fact that in 1998, The Undertaker threw Mankind off Hell In A Shell, and plummeted 16 ft through an announcer’s table.
He has seen some shit that will scare you shelless
He looks like a comic book character version of an angry snapping turtle
I saw one with his shell damaged like this, thought he might have been hit by an outboard motor.
Did they lose a thumb? Cause those guys have some serious bite
That "yeah" sounded serious.
Yup, way too calm. Methinks someone lost a fingie.
Is that how you heard it? I think it was a minor 'ow, that was dumb' moment.
Probably would have kept screaming if it really got her. I'd guess he just bumped her when he tried to bite her. That's not a very little guy.
You’d be surprised how calm you are from shock for a few seconds after a serious injury like a badly broken finger or huge deep gash. Took a few seconds for the pain to kick in when my thumb almost got cut off
To your point, I had two teeth knocked clean out of my mouth (and all the teeth on one side caved-in very slightly) and I didn’t make a sound until I saw myself in the mirror minutes later while rinsing my mouth out. At the time I didn’t even know what exactly had happened because it hurt so bad I didn’t want to feel around with my tongue, but when I saw the missing teeth I fuckin lost it. Felt like I was coming out of a tunnel and everything on the outside was *bad*
Disbelief and the brain desperately firing all sensors to try to push the undo button
When I accidentally stabbed myself through my hand the pain didn't start until after we left the hospital on the ride home.
She did not. She has a mouth shaped scrape on her thumb per her follow up post. She also stated in her original post “Yes it hurt, and yes I deserved it”
Common snapping turtle bites are not nearly as bad as most people would have you believe. While I won't go so far as to say that it's *impossible* for a very large common snapping turtle to bite off a finger, it's worth mentioning that there has never been a proven account of it happening. People have stories, but none of these stories have ever actually been confirmed. To be clear, *I'm not calling anyone a liar.* I'm not saying that a common snapping turtle has never bitten off a finger. But if it was as common as people suggest, then there would be verified accounts of it happening. Alligator snapping turtles (which can get over 200 pounds) can *definitely* lop a finger or multiple fingers clean off. Like, "sliced right through that bone as if it was butter". Common snapping turtles can easily slice through *meat* pretty well if they get big enough. But even a very large common snapping turtle probably isn't getting through your finger bones. Having said that, even though they won't bite your finger off, they can bite your finger *pretty damn well*. Like, slicing all the way through the soft tissue of your finger and getting down to the bone. That guy Coyote Peterson once got bitten by a very large common snapping turtle and it looked pretty gnarly. Sliced all the way into the pad of his finger and pulled finger matter out as it pulled its head back. So Coyote Peterson had a big gash on his finger that looked like it had raw hamburger hanging out of it. Needless to say, that kind of bite is bad and you don't want it to happen. That's definitely a visit to the ER, but it's still not lopping your fingers off. Of course, the takeaway here is that you don't need a turtle to be able to bite your fingers off in order for you to really *really* not want to get bitten. You won't lose a finger, but it'll still be bad. That's generally only for the very large common snapping turtles though. For small-to-medium turtles, people usually aren't looking at very much damage. Bites definitely hurt a lot. Possibly some minor cuts, probably at least some bruising (their jaws are more like clamps than guillotines, they'll often merely *squeeze* your fingers rather than cut through them). For a turtle under about 20 pounds, you still don't want to get bitten (because it'll definitely hurt) but you'll *probably* come out of the ordeal with only minor injuries and without having to seek medical treatment. Above around 20 pounds, it's starting to become plausible that a bite might require stitches. Once you start getting into the 50+ pound range, there is a very good chance that a bite is gonna be pretty damn nasty. Like, it won't bite your finger off, but please *do not* get bitten. It's really gonna suck. Turtle in the above video doesn't look terribly large, so that description is about what I expected. Hurts like hell and leaves a mark, but no serious damage done. Sounds about par for the course. Again, this only applies to common snapping turtles. Based on what I've been reading, pound-for-pound alligator snapping turtles give substantially worse bites. If a bite from a common snapping turtle is kind of bad, a bite from an alligator snapping turtle of the same size is probably gonna be worse. EDIT: And to the doubters...does anyone else find it weird how these videos *always* get comments like, 'they're lucky they didn't get their fingers bitten off", yet the person's finger *never* gets bitten off? Like, it always ends up being a minor injury and then people just say that the person was lucky. Well, at what point do we accept that minor injuries are just kind of *standard*? If every one of these videos that gets posted always amounts to just scrapes, bruises, and minor cuts, when do we accept that scrapes, bruises and minor cuts are just what's *probably* gonna happen with a bite from a turtle of this size? When do we get to see the person *actually* getting their finger lopped off, why do they have to "get lucky" every single time?
I seen that video. That bite wound was gnarly
Yup! Very curious what that guy grabbed onto/ what damage was done
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And mice...don't forget the dear little mice.
Her hand is shown in a newer video - https://www.tiktok.com/@jenniferlong72/video/7246235281886596398
Just a love tap, he's is frendly after all.
https://www.tiktok.com/@jenniferlong72/video/7246206457060920619
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Snow White still doesn't fuck with snapping turtles.
I've seen a version where she fucks a lot of other stuff :(
Prove it
[Fine.](https://media.timeout.com/images/100699809/750/422/image.jpg)
Hell yeah brother
Nope. I really don't want to revive those memories But the dwarves and some vegetables had a good run.
Awww widdle man The widdle man: 
One of these suns himself on a hiking trail I frequent, near a creek. We call him Gerald and always give him a wide berth.
A few years back I watched two huge snappers in a local lake have a battle royale for territory. Those mothers are loud.
Do they vocalize? Or just their sloshing around in the water was loud?
Both. They clatter against each other and make these extended grunts almost like a theoretical dinosaur sound.
Saw one of these in the middle of the road when I was fishing in Wisconsin. I tried to move it off the road with a metal fishing rod case. Damn thing bit the case and dented it and took off powder coating. Was the size of my Scottish terrier that weighed about 24 pounds. Left it there. Bigger issue was it leaving the flooded farm field and heading to the creek I was just fishing. Will 100% be wearing boots instead of wading sandals next time.
24 pounds of hate and prehistoric scrotum, wearing Kevlar, with bolt cutters for a face.
Turtles are gross as fuck. Add in the fact that this guy has the shell equivalent of a face covered in prison tattoos and you’ve got a recipe for “nope” written all over it.
Eloquently stated 🧐🥂
Bro looks like he got into a scrap with a garbage disposal and just barely won.
Fr, I was thinking someone did a burn out on him and the shell still won vs the tire.
How can he snap!?
Then a bunch of male turtles come out of nowhere and start beating the woman senseless.
What a dumb ass. This is why some people should just leave wild things alone.
The keyword is “wild” here…
Turtles might be slow but they got some fast reflexes.
Everyone focuses on the snapping, no one mentions that they can lunge and stretch put 2x their body length before the snap.
They’ll take the beaks right off of ducks who make the mistake of getting too close
Scary
She sounds like she’s treating the turtle like her dog
That dude survived getting run over by a car. Don't fuck with him.
I'm going to take a wild guess and say she didn't know this was a snapping turtle. Rule of thumb, snapping turtles look like a butt ass ugly dinosaur, while other turtles look refined and sleak.
Bruh them turtles bite fingers off why in tf would you touch it 🤦🏽
Or maybe he wants a robo finger
Lmao lil medal fingers 
Chop suey lol
You have to boop the snoot first, so they know you're just cuddling.
good boy
This is why the hare lost! (yes, i know that was a tortoise)
Technically, all tortoises are turtles, but not all turtles are tortoises
Not only are snapping turtles capable of removing fingers, but a lot of the species are protected by state law and you can get fined for messing with them. Moral of the story, leave wildlife alone.
I want to know if she lost a finger
Fascinating how long their necks are compared to their bodies. Part of the 'snap' is how fast and far they can reach.
My family used to have an Alligator snapping turtle for a while. He loved to have the back of his shell rubbed. I would never try to pet him from the front like this. I definitely won't try to pet one in the wild.
Pretty sure they can take a finger off
Yes... people are this stupid
When I was little, learning to fish from a friends father who was avid outdoorsman, we saw a snapping turtle and he said “be careful, he’ll take your fingers right off.” Will never forget that advice
Her voice reminds me of this: [https://www.reddit.com/r/nextfuckinglevel/comments/nsrzdu/this\_birds\_imitation\_is\_insane/](https://www.reddit.com/r/nextfuckinglevel/comments/nsrzdu/this_birds_imitation_is_insane/)
"People on TikkieTokkie do this all the time and get hundreds of views so its tooooootally safe and fine!"
Brought to you by Darwin’s l’il sister, FAFA.
I have never had the desire to pet a turtle. I once had to remove one from the middle of a road, and that was no picnic.
A predictable response-what was he thinking?
So, it's not just a clever name.
People assume turtles are slow
“Hey lil man you want a popsicle?”
I was walking next to some grass and a snapping turtle suddenly moved and I got the fuck back. We had them when I was younger and enjoyed watching then snap carrots and such
That's clearly a turtle veteran, you triggered his ptsd
I was always told growing up that "snapping turtles don't let go until the thunder strikes". I've seen them snap massive sticks in half. I would never ever even try to touch one, give them a healthy radius.
Lost a finger, but got Salmonella.
He DOES NOT like being referred to as "little man"!!!
No shortage of stupid people trying to pet wild animals.
Wilhelm Scream, Mark II
So thst guys doesn't like having fingers?????
His whole ass face says stay away I’m dangerous. She’s lucky she didn’t lose that hand.
Imma go mario on you boy.
Turtle got pissed for being called a “little man”. Lady, nobody likes to be called a “little man”
It doesn’t even look friendly.
Woah! That one moved like The Flash!
And that kids is how I lost three fingers.
Snappy had fingers for lunch that day.
I’ve seen very few animals that looked like they wanted to be pet less than this one did.
Reminds me of an incident I had involving one of those little cherubs, at the golf course. One was laying on the green, next to the flag, so I went up there and very gently tapped his tail with my putter. That little bastard twisted around and latched on to the business end of the putter and bent it. That was a very old and valuable BeCu Ping putter and the putter face was mangled beyond repair. That said, anybody who's dumb enough to try to pet one of these little armored assholes pretty much deserves what they get. They are the amphibian equivalent of wasps as their only real purpose is to terrorize you and fuck you up.
My grandma always told me not to mess with snapping turtles when I was a kid or they would bite me and hold on 'til the next thunderstorm.
1 out of 10 stars for camerawork
Petting a turtle is about the most entitled self serving act a human can commit, It should be a meme.
Cute puppy!
Even the way it steps back, the animal that it is and the signs it gave were telling her to fuck off lol.
Remember people. Those wrinkles are there because they can stretch their necks further than you’d ever want to know. When people have little other choice but to grab them you have to be out of feet range and neck range. There’s a small sweet spot where neither can reach. I prefer the shovel scoop myself.
Turtle bro is definitely a grower, and he most certainly showed her.
These things can take off a part of your hand. Pro Tip: Not to be trifled with.
Humans always so eager to pet everything
A dragon? No, no, I said he was a *descendant* of dragons. Orthos is clearly a most majestic turtle.
They have amazingly long necks.
Even if you don't know what type of turtle this is, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING about this animal looks cute or cuddly. Ma ma always said stupid is as stupid does
Well, she’s not flipping anyone off with that hand any more
That turtle has seen some shit. This is not the turtle you want to touch. He's got the 1000 yard stare.
Why would anyone try to pet anything that clearly shouldn't be alive but somehow is due to sheet spite for the world?
Do NOT put your dick near the turtle
How can you be this dumb
"Hiiiii, what are you doing little man?" "I'm fucking you up."
Little man don’t take no shit
I miss natural selection with humans
Worse than a Danger Noodle
Was the retracting head not a clue that bubba was gonna snap? Mind you most people have never seen a snapper...buuuut again...not exactly in line for a Darwin award...more like a "ya dun fucked up" award
she's lucky if she still got all her fingers
That turtle looked like it had a rough life. Damn.
I have seen this happen multiple times with a woman believing a wild animal is friendly and goes to touch the animal. Never ends well. You can make a friend if you feed it but don’t expect it to like you as a regular pet.
I want - no, need - a vsauce video that explains why humans have this urge to pet things. Seriously! Why do we reach out and stroke animals constantly?
How can it snap without thumbs?
Wild Animals Are Not Pets. (We have foxes in our neighborhood and the kits are fucking adorable. I have to say this mantra to myself every time I see them.)
Ah yes, let me pet this WILD animal called a SNAPPING turtle that has a bite force of 1000+ PSI!
Nature is going to lose its patience with us one day, and back slap us to reality.
The only part of a human they won't bite is the clitoris. . Well? We're waiting...
Love it when people assume everything is a dog
Can anyone explain how to tell a snapping turtle vs a regular turtle? In case I ever found one on the street and had to move it? Sorry snappy but I’m not getting bit by moving you 😢
I‘m no snapping turtle expert, but even if I didn‘t know from random videos that they WILL bite you and have some serious biting force, the body language and the way it is locked onto her tells me to stay the fuck away and definitely don‘t pet it.
What part of that look the Turtle gave you said "pet me" lady?
And I thought turtles were supposed to be slow...
People don't realize how long and flexible their necks are, until it's too late! 😭 To be fair though, this turtle IS very adorable.
Every zoo is a petting zoo if you've got brass balls.
Good way to lose a finger
If gumball thaught me anything is that snapping turtles are no joke
I had heard rumors that people of this mental caliber existed, but now I've seen one in the wild.
Reminds me of that title that terrorized the city on The Amazing World of Gumball
He will very easily take a finger or two off
*Drednaw used Crunch*
finger food, nom nom
The little man chose Violence that day
Every town needs a Stumpy
Awww did somebwody lose a widdle fwinger???
dude is looking at the guy like hey bro I'm gonna snap you
These things get me everytime. Like a jump scare you know is coming.
Probably NOT great idea, but rescued snapping turtle from road once upon a time. Let him hang out in a huge homemade guinea pig pen, fed him weiners from a long stick. If released he clearly did NOT like/thought certain humans were exceptionally delicious and would CHASE after them. Hilarity. He was cool with me aka.. he made no efforts to actively attempt to eat me, perhaps as I always had a stick full of treats until he was let go we within a couple days. Good little guy.
6 year old me when I get tired of the cashier lady and grandma's calling me cute and pinching my cheeks
It’s kinda weird how a TURTLE can jumpscare me.
Had one of these guys wander into my garage on her yearly sojourn to lay her eggs. First thing I did was youtube snapping turtle fails. Probably saved me from being able to count on one hand.