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Originally Posted by VApeople
Yeah, I believe you. In general, I have always thought water turtles were more dangerous than land turtle.
Once, when i was young, I saved a snapping turtle that was trying to cross I-75 in Paynes Prairie, just south of Gainesville FL. It was small to medium sized, so I grabbed it from behind and threw it into the marsh. I remember it looked pretty funny sailing thru the air with all four legs extended.
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A box turtle is basically a land turtle and is pretty docile and slow. Yow can pick them up easily by their shell and they can't reach around and bite you. Not so with a snapping turtle with a long neck and a short shell. One rainy day, I stopped my car because a turtle was stopped in the middle of a road lane and cars were going over him. His head was pulled into his shell and he was afraid to move. It was dark and I thought it was a box turtle, which often finds itself in that predicament. When I picked it up, I knew something was wrong. I put it back down and used my feet to herd it across the road. I have done that often in the past because I figure that I may need "extra credit" in order to get into heaven when that time comes. Incidentally, I don't see many land turtles around the Villages. Maybe because of mosquito spraying?