# Snapping turtle **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 3, 2002, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snapping-turtle/112171 "2002-06-03T15:57:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Critical1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Critical1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical1)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2002, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snapping-turtle/112171/41 "2002-06-06T03:22:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by shrew \* > \*\*This thread is giving me a turtle phobia. \*\* bah could be that old SA thread about camel spiders. They Run at 30 MILES AN HOUR! And Can jump 3 FEET STRAIGHT UP! While SQUEALING LIKE A PIG! oh yeah, and THEY WILL EAT YOUR FACE OFF! never did find out if there was even a shread of evidence but it was probably responsible for a few hundred cases of arachnophobia by the time it got locked. ---
**Author:** ![MachV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@MachV](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MachV)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2002, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snapping-turtle/112171/42 "2002-06-06T13:47:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by shrew \* > \*\* > > Why, you wanna make 'im squeal like a…turtle? > > 😉 \*\* 😃 Man, you get mega points for that one. I only wish I had a good comeback…but I just can’t stop giggling. Made my morning, though! ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2002, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snapping-turtle/112171/43 "2002-06-09T04:41:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by carnivorousplant \* > \*\* > > Son of a bitch. \*\* No, no, no. While I might occassionally be one, I’m not the son of one. Besides, most other people think my mom is nice. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2002, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snapping-turtle/112171/44 "2002-06-09T19:51:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by elfkin477 \* > \*\* > > my mom is nice. 😛 \*\* I’m sure she is. It was a reference to those sneaky elves in black leather with argyle socks and Uzzis hanging around the neighborhood with infra-red goggles, whispering cryptic remarks into radios. I thought we were done with that. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2002, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snapping-turtle/112171/45 "2002-06-09T21:17:18Z")
Check this one out [Aquarium’s new turtle snaps record At 249 pounds, he’s the largest alligator snapping turtle on display in the world](http://www.tnaqua.org/NewsRoom/snapturtlerelease.htm) SDMB snapping turtle threads [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=31436](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=31436) [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=37794&highlight=alligator](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=37794&highlight=alligator) ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2002, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snapping-turtle/112171/46 "2002-06-09T21:19:37Z")
c/o Anthracite here are some big 'uns. [http://www.turtleman.com/foto8.htm](http://www.turtleman.com/foto8.htm) [http://www.turtleman.com/foto9.htm](http://www.turtleman.com/foto9.htm) ---
**Author:** ![GopherGod72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f0a364/32.png) [@GopherGod72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GopherGod72)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2002, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snapping-turtle/112171/47 "2002-06-09T21:28:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tranquilis \* > \*\* Also: Box turtles may look all cute and what-not, but they’ll eat the the hell out of your tomatoes. \*\* Come now… Maybe the ones on the ground but there not exactly gonna be climbing the branches. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snapping-turtle/112171.md?page=2)