On Sep 26, 3:47 am, 96redneck wrote:
They are mean, but pick him up by the tail and don't hold him to close
to your body and you have him.

http://tarlton.law.utexas.edu/lpop/e...f/haltom22.htm

Luke holds the turtle aloft by a long pole and grins as he shouts,
"Here he is, Boss. Deader'n hell but he won't let go."

http://www.destgulch.com/images/luke06.jpg

http://www.destgulch.com/images/luke07.jpg





On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 21:53:18 -0600, Jack Schmidling
wrote:

We nearly ran over this happy fellow last week. I stopped to take him
home for a photo session and possibly release him in our pond. After
several attempts to pick him up by the back legs, it became obvious that
this was a very bad idea.

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