Can you identify this ninja turtle?

papa_smurf73 · 09-28-2009, 05:24 PM

So... Let me paint this picture for you... My girlfriend and I were coming home from work. Was a nice day outside. Because I'm too lazy to get out of my car and check the mail, I usually pull up to my mailbox and check it there. Aaaanyhow, as I'm getting my mail, something catches the corner of my eye, and I look down to see a GI-GUN-DIS(TM (I made that word up hahaha)) turtle chilling at the base of my mail box. I said a couple of superlatives out of sheer fear the thing would eat me. To give you an idea of how big this turtle is, my shoe size is 12", and he was both longer and wider than my shoe. I live in the country, so I've seen my share of interesting insects, and an occasional squirrel or deer, but I've never seen anything like this.

Have a look for yourself

http://picasaweb.google.com/muhstuff...eat=directlink

So what turtle is he? Maybe Slash? Should we give him a new turtle name? Maybe he could be a mascot of some nature? Maybe I should name him after my mail box manufacture? I dunno.. I got nothing. Open to suggestions.

(GASP) Maybe he is SHE! Could be Mona Lisa?

T U R T L E... POWER! (Watch the first movie's credits and get this later

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*Roseangelo* · 09-28-2009, 05:34 PM

That's an alligator snapper, so it'd be Tokka.

*Original TMNT Cartoon Fan* · 09-29-2009, 11:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Roseangelo

That's an alligator snapper, so it'd be Tokka.

Tokka's a turtle, but not a "ninja"...

*Andrew NDB* · 09-30-2009, 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Roseangelo

That's an alligator snapper

Incorrect. It's a common snapper... just a really big one.

*Buslady* · 09-30-2009, 10:40 PM

Chelryda Serpentina

Common Snapper, easily identified by it's smaller size, smoother carapace and less of a prehistoric look like the alligator snappers.

I hope you didn't try to catch him, snappers are becoming less and less as these knuckleheads who like to go out and kidnap them from their homes and taunt them, hang them by their tails (which is painful) just to kill them...they take too many.

Contrary to popular belief...if kept as a pet properly, they're pretty neat. There's a dude on turtleforum.com who keeps a female common in his house, in a huge stock tank in filtered crystal clear water, she is really pretty, has a lot of personality and doesnt have a horrid nasty attitude. He had her since she was a hatchling.

*Andrew NDB* · 09-30-2009, 11:43 PM

I have one myself. He was the size of a quarter when I got him, now is nearly a foot long.

*Candy Kappa* · 10-03-2009, 08:47 PM

aww i miss my turtles. I've moved to a new city so now their at my fathers farm.
luckly i know their in good hands, my stepmother takes good care of them

she even sings for them

09-28-2009, 05:24 PM	#1
papa_smurf73 Stone Warrior Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Ohio Posts: 933	Can you identify this ninja turtle? So... Let me paint this picture for you... My girlfriend and I were coming home from work. Was a nice day outside. Because I'm too lazy to get out of my car and check the mail, I usually pull up to my mailbox and check it there. Aaaanyhow, as I'm getting my mail, something catches the corner of my eye, and I look down to see a GI-GUN-DIS(TM (I made that word up hahaha)) turtle chilling at the base of my mail box. I said a couple of superlatives out of sheer fear the thing would eat me. To give you an idea of how big this turtle is, my shoe size is 12", and he was both longer and wider than my shoe. I live in the country, so I've seen my share of interesting insects, and an occasional squirrel or deer, but I've never seen anything like this. Have a look for yourself http://picasaweb.google.com/muhstuff...eat=directlink So what turtle is he? Maybe Slash? Should we give him a new turtle name? Maybe he could be a mascot of some nature? Maybe I should name him after my mail box manufacture? I dunno.. I got nothing. Open to suggestions. (GASP) Maybe he is SHE! Could be Mona Lisa? T U R T L E... POWER! (Watch the first movie's credits and get this later ) - papa_smurf73 __________________ My Collection: https://picasaweb.google.com/1182615...eat=directlink COOL STUFF FOR SALE LOOK!!!! - papa_smurf73

09-30-2009, 10:40 PM	#5
Buslady WingsOfDarkness! Perkele! Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: In 7803... Posts: 4,366	Chelryda Serpentina Common Snapper, easily identified by it's smaller size, smoother carapace and less of a prehistoric look like the alligator snappers. I hope you didn't try to catch him, snappers are becoming less and less as these knuckleheads who like to go out and kidnap them from their homes and taunt them, hang them by their tails (which is painful) just to kill them...they take too many. Contrary to popular belief...if kept as a pet properly, they're pretty neat. There's a dude on turtleforum.com who keeps a female common in his house, in a huge stock tank in filtered crystal clear water, she is really pretty, has a lot of personality and doesnt have a horrid nasty attitude. He had her since she was a hatchling. __________________

09-30-2009, 11:43 PM	#6
Andrew NDB Weed Whacker Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Auburn, WA Posts: 34,537	I have one myself. He was the size of a quarter when I got him, now is nearly a foot long. __________________ [ ODYSSEY \| ORIGIN \| THE IMAGE/VOL. 3 CONCLUSION \| THE SHELLSHOCKED PODCAST \| ON FACEBOOK ]

10-03-2009, 08:47 PM	#7
Candy Kappa The Agenda of Existing Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Vikingland Posts: 14,596	aww i miss my turtles. I've moved to a new city so now their at my fathers farm. luckly i know their in good hands, my stepmother takes good care of them she even sings for them __________________ devianArt Instagram Youtube Tumblr Art Blog Patreon

09-28-2009, 05:34 PM	#2
Roseangelo Emperor Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: California Posts: 9,117	That's an alligator snapper, so it'd be Tokka.