Originally Posted by
Rdmonster69
I would def leave him alone unless he was in the road !! If so then a blanket and the back of his shell just above the legs. That guy is probably 60+ years old !! Baby snappers do have a very high mortality rate. Hopefully my little guy makes it. He didn't snap my pinky off but he was not super thrilled about being helped out. We used to catch em and eat em when I was a kid.
Earlier this summer there was a huge one in the middle of the road during a day ride in S. Jersey. A motorist stopped along with me. I picked it up from behind. The thing went nuts. It was so damn strong I let it go. Then a county maintenance worker pulled his bucket loader over. He got a large piece of tree branch and started pushing the thing out of the road. My God! What a fight. It was thrashing around like a damn alligator. The motorist was worried that they guy might hurt it. He said "You can't hurt these things." He finally got it into the grass after a couple of minutes.
I like helping animals, but I also like my fingers. I will never try to pick up a grown snapper again.