EXTREMELY friendly snapping turtle...
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Most wild snappers are actually quite timid in the water and aren't aggressive at all until you remove them from it. Then they show you how they got their name. 
I knew a friendly snapping turtle that would tolerate me messing with him... until he got a good bite on me and sent me to the hospital. it was a 135lbs alligator snapping turtle that I got too comfortable with. Don't ever forget that no matter how "tame" they are, they are still wild
Oh yes, I know. Hence why *I* don't really screw with him too much...mainly just watch him and give him bait to keep him off my reel when I fish. I'm a little too intimidated by him to get closer 
He is fun to watch though.
As the owner of a macaw, I understand pretty well that wild animals are still wild. I learned that when my baby, who loves to be cuddled and held, threw a temper tantrum and took a good size chunk out of my hand. I still have the scar.
He is fun to watch though.As the owner of a macaw, I understand pretty well that wild animals are still wild. I learned that when my baby, who loves to be cuddled and held, threw a temper tantrum and took a good size chunk out of my hand. I still have the scar.
Our 2 large snappers are both mean as hell... in or out of the water. I do not even think about petting them.
