Hi everyone, I joined this forum because I am so curious about a critter I saw this weekend.
My mom and I were hiking at McKinney Roughs in Austin. After we finished our trail, we went in the visitor's center where they had several large in-wall aquariums.
All the tanks had those little information cards with the species name and origin, etc. So this creature catches my eye and I look at the little info card which reads: "COMMON SNAPPING TURTLE".
Except...dude has a huge spiky long TAIL, and that is only the start of the oddities. I called an employee over and asked "What IS this?"
She looks at the card and says "oh...it's a common snapping turtle".
I asked if it was 'common' for turtles to have tails which look like they belong on a stegosaurus. She looked at it more intently and it seemed to register with her that this was NOT actually a "common" anything.
I have watched my share of animal planet...as well as knowing my way around google. And I can't find anything about a turtle/lizard/fish hybrid.
Here is a video I took with my phone. If anyone knows anything about this creature; I would sincerely appreciate you sharing your knowledge.
http://qik.ly/Bcnesxf3gh9tDgeaJzWBWZd
Thanks, everyone.
My mom and I were hiking at McKinney Roughs in Austin. After we finished our trail, we went in the visitor's center where they had several large in-wall aquariums.
All the tanks had those little information cards with the species name and origin, etc. So this creature catches my eye and I look at the little info card which reads: "COMMON SNAPPING TURTLE".
Except...dude has a huge spiky long TAIL, and that is only the start of the oddities. I called an employee over and asked "What IS this?"
She looks at the card and says "oh...it's a common snapping turtle".
I asked if it was 'common' for turtles to have tails which look like they belong on a stegosaurus. She looked at it more intently and it seemed to register with her that this was NOT actually a "common" anything.
I have watched my share of animal planet...as well as knowing my way around google. And I can't find anything about a turtle/lizard/fish hybrid.
Here is a video I took with my phone. If anyone knows anything about this creature; I would sincerely appreciate you sharing your knowledge.
http://qik.ly/Bcnesxf3gh9tDgeaJzWBWZd
Thanks, everyone.
