Mick666
Well-Known Member
I don't have any boys that bite, but two of my girls are savage, they are both Jungles.
when it comes to turtles.. well... males are placid as, the females are ALWAYS out to grab you if they can. Have been bitten by all my females many times, never by the males. The females are much bigger too so it hurts.
Thankfully snappers, whilst they have the equipment to do that job, are fairly docile. The bitiest turtles are in the Emydura complex and some of the smallest like Macleays and Painted's are the most aggro... whilst small, if they get you somewhere like on the webbing between thumb and index finger, it hurts and bleeds.I doubt there is any difference.
Some are probably big enough to actually cause some damage too. Not sure if they can, but I would have thought a large saw shell/snapping turtle would have a fair chance of taking a finger as a snack.
You don't handle many turtles obviously. Only ever been bitten once by a snake ever.Who gets bit by a turtle. Lol, never been close to being bitten.
Only ever been bitten by my coastal because I left food on his tank for too long so he went crazy and attacked everything
I handle enough to know how to not get bit, they aren’t the hardest to avoid if you hold them like a hamburgerYou don't handle many turtles obviously. Only ever been bitten once by a snake ever.
Who gets bit by a turtle. Lol, never been close to being bitten.
I can understand snapping turtles or something that lay under water and crack you, but I don’t know how one that you have visual of could bite you unless you find it too lateI have had a few, no blood and all feeding bites. Went very close to having a big saw shell try to eat one of my toes, I think that could have made a mess.
The problem isn't holding turtles it's getting a grab on them in open water. Easy to get bitten. Turtles are extremely agile in water and can maneuver unbelievably well. Picking them up off the road yeah fair enough easy to avoid, diving with turtles, easy to get hammered, have been bitten on the neck by a saw-shell. Good times. Easy to avoid the pointy end of snakes hence why I've only been bitten once.I handle enough to know how to not get bit, they aren’t the hardest to avoid if you hold them like a hamburger
Thats a hell of a turtle!! To be honest i didnt really know we had such turtles here ( excuse my ignorance Haha)The problem isn't holding turtles it's getting a grab on them in open water. Easy to get bitten. Turtles are extremely agile in water and can maneuver unbelievably well. Picking them up off the road yeah fair enough easy to avoid, diving with turtles, easy to get hammered, have been bitten on the neck by a saw-shell. Good times. Easy to avoid the pointy end of snakes hence why I've only been bitten once.
[doublepost=1523264762,1523264255][/doublepost]@cris here's the 30cm female Myuchelys latisternum that nailed me on the neck under my chin in the Mary. Bled like a stuck pig.
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Here's a 40cm Southern Snapper I'd never want to be bitten by. LOL
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Where’d your left leg go Kev!