On 8 Jun 2003 07:43:17 -0700, (mattie) wrote:



Guess what. If I ever pass a woman in the middle of a road & she's
trying to help a snapping turtle who got run over I will at least tell
her the danger of an inexperienced person trying to do a good deed! No
body did that for me. Dozens' of cars passed by. Luckly, I still
have ten fingers.

You did the right thing.

You can grab the turtle by the carapace with both hands. Grasp just behind
the neck and in the rear. I have never seen one able to bite when held in
this position, but there's always an acrobatic turtle I suppose. :-)

Bob