In my area these turtles will hang out on roadsides to sun and lay their eggs. One day, I'm on my way home from work, and I almost rear-end a car stopped on a blind curve. The occupants were in the middle of the road, trying to coax a BIG mama snapper off the road with canoe paddles. I had to tell them that mamma will move on on her own, and all they're doing is making her hunker down.

Fortunately they took my advice and all parties were able to leave with their digits intact. I imagine mama moved on at some point too, once she calming down from being seriously pissed off by some tourists.

Don't mess with these guys unless you have to. theyll bite your fingers/hand clean off (depending how big they are) One of my fave YouTube Channels just put a video out on his pet hybrid snapper. Its a cross between a common and an alligator. Something i found interesting was he talks about handling the turtles and how if you support the bottom plate of the turt it doesn't snap at you (as much). Guess the way most people handle them like a burger can hurt the turtle.

Actual baby dinosaur

Baby Bowser

Man, don’t mess with these things when they’re full size. They are MENACING. I tried to get one off the road once and it chased me away while snapping any time I tried to come near.

Gamera is really neat!

Tokka!

A BABBYYYY 🥹