Why? Why? Why? Why?

HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
edited July 11, 2007 in Wildlife
couldn't it have been a squirrel?

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  • emmalouemmalou Registered Users Posts: 412 Major grins
    edited July 9, 2007
    OMG............:fish Great cap but poor Mr. Turtle :cry
  • Ric GrupeRic Grupe Registered Users Posts: 9,522 Major grins
    edited July 9, 2007
    Ummmheadscratch.gif......squirrels move quicker?wings.gif

    I thinks it's time you seek help for this anti-squirrel obsession, Harry.rolleyes1.gif

    Very cool capture.clap.gif
  • Dick on ArubaDick on Aruba Registered Users Posts: 3,484 Major grins
    edited July 9, 2007
    Great capture!!!

    He have a hard nut to crack here.

    Thanks for sharing,

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  • raptorcaptorraptorcaptor Registered Users Posts: 3,968 Major grins
    edited July 9, 2007
    Ouch! Great capture! clap.gif
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  • WildWallyWildWally Registered Users Posts: 494 Major grins
    edited July 9, 2007
    Awesome shot !!!
    But , my friend is telling me not to like you so much
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  • MaestroMaestro Registered Users Posts: 5,395 Major grins
    edited July 10, 2007
    Okay, I don't have an anti-squirrel obsession but I am going to agree with Harry on this one. I like turtles much more than squirrels. That gator won't have too hard of a time cracking that shell and it looks like there is already blood so hopefully the turtle went quickly.
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  • stirfrystirfry Registered Users Posts: 242 Major grins
    edited July 10, 2007
    My youngest loves that the alligator is giving the turtle a ride :uhoh

    It's a really neat picture, and perfect for explaining the whole Circle of Life thing to the older kids. Great shot; good stuff thumb.gif you've provided our science lesson for tomorrow lol.
  • PhotoHoundPhotoHound Registered Users Posts: 113 Major grins
    edited July 10, 2007
    Crunch!
    Excellent National Geographic shot. thumb.gif
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  • SirArmstrongSirArmstrong Registered Users Posts: 249 Major grins
    edited July 10, 2007
    Great shot. Is this a standard diet of an alligator??
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  • jdryan3jdryan3 Registered Users Posts: 1,353 Major grins
    edited July 10, 2007
    WildWally wrote:
    Awesome shot !!!
    But , my friend is telling me not to like you so much
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    AAAAHHHHHH! Revenge of the Giant Tree Rats!!! :eek1 :eek1 :eek1


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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited July 10, 2007
    emmalou wrote:
    OMG............:fish Great cap but poor Mr. Turtle :cry

    The turtle kind of brought it on himself. The gator was just sunning himself on the bank and the turtle decided to walk right in front of him. Bad move.
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited July 10, 2007
    Ric Grupe wrote:
    Ummmheadscratch.gif......squirrels move quicker?wings.gif

    I thinks it's time you seek help for this anti-squirrel obsession, Harry.rolleyes1.gif

    Very cool capture.clap.gif

    To quote Carrie Bradshaw from Sex in the City "Squirrels are just rats in a cuter outfit".

    What obsession? headscratch.gifne_nau.gif
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  • zackerzacker Registered Users Posts: 451 Major grins
    edited July 10, 2007
    I dunno, when I was in the glades, I saw some turtles who looked like they would eat the gators if they could catch em! lol when your 75 feet up and you look down into a river choked with Gators and see the biggest turtle you have ever seen, litterally pushing through the gators, you gotta show some respect...lol Great photo, the look on the turtles face is like.."Oh hell, I knew it was gonna be one of those days!" Im gonna miss him on the "Slowski's" commercials!
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  • zackerzacker Registered Users Posts: 451 Major grins
    edited July 10, 2007
    And Harry, i too share your hatred for the fluffy tailed Rats everyone thinks are so cute and Innocent..lol After a year long battle to keep them from chewing their way into my house, i think I have won...for now at least!
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  • Art ScottArt Scott Registered Users Posts: 8,959 Major grins
    edited July 10, 2007
    Harry, GReat photo......


    zacker wrote:
    And Harry, i too share your hatred for the fluffy tailed Rats everyone thinks are so cute and Innocent..lol After a year long battle to keep them from chewing their way into my house, i think I have won...for now at least!

    Just remember that where ever you live our wildlife was living before that developer ran them out of their own homes......kinda like the white man did to the indians.....:D Personally I love the little fluffy tailed buggers so much taht I even invite them to dinner 3 or 4 times a year......and no they don;t taste like chicken but man they are great smoked....as is all wildlife I keep around...sorry Andy...but I am a carnavoire to the max.....as Sweaty Ted says...If I can kill it I can grill it or something along those lines..... rolleyes1.gifrofl
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  • zackerzacker Registered Users Posts: 451 Major grins
    edited July 10, 2007
    Art Scott wrote:
    Harry, GReat photo......





    Just remember that where ever you live our wildlife was living before that developer ran them out of their own homes......kinda like the white man did to the indians.....:D Personally I love the little fluffy tailed buggers so much taht I even invite them to dinner 3 or 4 times a year......and no they don;t taste like chicken but man they are great smoked....as is all wildlife I keep around...sorry Andy...but I am a carnavoire to the max.....as Sweaty Ted says...If I can kill it I can grill it or something along those lines..... rolleyes1.gifrofl

    well i got a few I can send you... wings.gif
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  • Art ScottArt Scott Registered Users Posts: 8,959 Major grins
    edited July 10, 2007
    zacker wrote:
    well i got a few I can send you... wings.gif
    If you have the proper permits and if they aren't over 2yrs old........I'll gladly take'em off your hands........I'll even trade you a few 'possums, that have devoured my fashia in 3 places.............:D rolleyes1.gifroflrolleyes1.gif
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  • zackerzacker Registered Users Posts: 451 Major grins
    edited July 10, 2007
    Art Scott wrote:
    If you have the proper permits and if they aren't over 2yrs old........I'll gladly take'em off your hands........I'll even trade you a few 'possums, that have devoured my fashia in 3 places.............:D rolleyes1.gifroflrolleyes1.gif

    No thanks, no opposum for me..lol Ill trade you 4 tree rats for five winged Rats! clap.gif

    (For the record, I DONT nor would I EVER eat a Pidgeon...Yuuuck!! , on second thought, I did eat Macdonalds last weekend so I just might have eaten Pidgeon!!)
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited July 10, 2007
    Dick on Aruba wrote:
    Great capture!!!

    He have a hard nut to crack here.

    Thanks for sharing,

    Dick.

    Thanks Dick and I'm pretty sure the gator will crack that nut.
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  • Art ScottArt Scott Registered Users Posts: 8,959 Major grins
    edited July 10, 2007
    zacker wrote:
    No thanks, no opposum for me..lol Ill trade you 4 tree rats for five winged Rats! clap.gif

    (For the record, I DONT nor would I EVER eat a Pidgeon...Yuuuck!! , on second thought, I did eat Macdonalds last weekend so I just might have eaten Pidgeon!!)


    I have dozens around my house of course they are the Homeing Kind.....but hey squab is squab is squab......also have tons of crows a few blocks from the house...here it is quite tastey.....at least our last W.E. Sports writer thought so...compared 'em to Dove Breasts only larger.........:ivar
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited July 10, 2007
    SirArmstrong wrote:
    Great shot. Is this a standard diet of an alligator??

    I've seen gators take turtles a few times already. Gators will try just about anything they can get in their mouths.

    Here's one trying some citrus

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  • Louis ChampanLouis Champan Registered Users Posts: 110 Major grins
    edited July 10, 2007
    An awesome capture Harry. BTW, I'm with you on the squirrel.

    Louie
  • kdogkdog Administrators Posts: 11,681 moderator
    edited July 10, 2007
    Impressive capture, Harry! thumb.gif That turtle appears to be toast. Any follow-on shots?

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  • BriggieBriggie Registered Users Posts: 303 Major grins
    edited July 10, 2007
    Great Capture!!... i hope the gator came down with a fierce case of indigestion!!... poor little turtle!!

    Cheers!
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  • muyguapomuyguapo Registered Users Posts: 13 Big grins
    edited July 10, 2007
    Wow!
    Great shot!

    I hope the gator got constipated from turtle shell poop.
  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited July 10, 2007
    raptorcaptor wrote:
    Ouch! Great capture! clap.gif

    Thanks Glenn wave.gif
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited July 10, 2007
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    quote=Maestro]Okay, I don't have an anti-squirrel obsession but I am going to agree with Harry on this one. I like turtles much more than squirrels.

    and who doesn'tne_nau.gif
    That gator won't have too hard of a time cracking that shell and it looks like there is already blood so hopefully the turtle went quickly.


    It would have been pretty quick the gator went into the water with the turtle.
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited July 11, 2007
    stirfry wrote:
    My youngest loves that the alligator is giving the turtle a ride :uhoh

    It's a really neat picture, and perfect for explaining the whole Circle of Life thing to the older kids. Great shot; good stuff thumb.gif you've provided our science lesson for tomorrow lol.

    Thnaks the gator was more than happy to give the turtle a "ride".
    Harry
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited July 11, 2007
    WildWally wrote:
    Awesome shot !!!
    But , my friend is telling me not to like you so much
    168963131-L.jpg

    But I like your friend in a number of ways
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  • PrescottPhotogPrescottPhotog Registered Users Posts: 1,174 Major grins
    edited July 11, 2007
    Not a Squirrel..
    Harryb wrote:
    couldn't it have been a squirrel?
    Harry,

    You mean one like this little guy.. noooooo !!

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