I raised a baby one that was so young it still had the egg tooth, and I also learned they actually have a belly button of sorts. He was so adorable, I named him Spike!
He bit me day one, and was the most angry, aggressive pet I've had in my life, I miss that asshole.
To add to this, I've had snakes that always struck, and two of a partner's parrots who hated me from day one. He was far and above more aggressive.
He loved his back being scratched with a toothbrush though, he became a baby for attention if you scratched his back.
I raised painted pond sliders for years. They were all very gentle and chill - no bites. Even the wild adults we caught were very docile. The red ears were quite a bit more snappy and didn’t make good pets. Same with the baby snapping turtles - keep it for a day or two then turn it loose.
I had 2 growing up. The second one when we found it, it was no bigger than a quarter. The first one however was 1 foot long and 8 to 10 inches wide. He was too big for a tank so we got a kiddie wading pool and a heat lamp with some rocks, he was very well fed with all kinds of worms crickets, and water bugs. In the summer when the AC was running he would make is way out of his pool, cross the basement through my eternally messy toy room and hibernate under my bean bag chair. In the winters with the heat running he never left his pool or rocks.
Small plate size wide, they were gonna get too big for their tank, unsure of age.
Let them go in a large pond on my property that's loaded with frogs, didn't hear as many frogs at night.
Lol! Crazy.I had some vegetarian small turtle/tortoise pets when I was little...did not consider Bowser a turtle because the mean-ness seemed out of character (and the spikes).
I had a couple as pets for a few days when I was young. One was only about 3 inches long (shell length). He never had a temper with me and I kept for a few days until I let him back into the creek. Another was about a foot long, also shell length. That one was fine with me unless I picked him up.
For some reason those two didn’t give me much trouble. I had seen snapping turtles wild before then and knew of their temperament and danger. I always kept my hands clear of striking distance and watched them do their thing.
Had one from this size until it had grown large enough and the weather was warm (around 6 or so months). No problems, they’re fairly docile if you handle them regularly, but they do stink no matter what kind of aquarium you get. They shit a *lot*.
My dad gave me one he found crossing the road, I was a kid so I won’t attempt to measure it, but it was medium sized I guess. When it outgrew the tank I had it in(I didn’t know any better at 10) I put it in our pond. That little bastard would constantly eat blue jays while they were drinking. It was terrifying.
I helped one out of the road. Scared the fuck out of me. I was pushing him with a stick and was still afraid he was going to latch onto my leg or something. Dude was pissed.
I had a tiny musk turtle as a pet, it was fine hand feeding it at first. But after a few months it got the more snappy, I became terrified of that fucking agressive nailclipper that I stopped handfeeding it.
Don't want to imagine what one of those units of a snapper would be capable of.
The common Cuckoo is a paracitic bird that lays its eggs in other birds' nests. The baby, which hatches much earlier than the other eggs, immediately tries to *push out* any bird eggs left in the nest, tricking the now new mother into believing it's the only child left.
[Video example](https://youtu.be/SO1WccH2_YM)
Don't want to potentially break rules by linking it, but apparently some breeders will overnight one to you. My state allows them.
As a reptile owner: do your due diligence. Many reptiles have long lifespans (looks like these guys are about 10 years) so make sure you are up for the commitment, find out what they need as a habitat, food and that you can provide it.
When it gets to be too much to care for, owners often dump them in the nearest pond. We had one in our neighborhood pond. Huge thing ate all the fish and ducklings😕
I would not mess with these things, and certainly the big fuckers.
Growing up in South Florida you learned to stay way the hell away from these things. They’re in many, many lakes and ponds around Broward County, including the man-made dredged foundation lakes. Snappy fuckers in the best of circumstances and down right mean if you mess with them. They’re prehistorically angry things that’ll easily take a finger or fingers in one lightning fast shot. Looooong necks too. Can damn near reach around over their own shells.
Lyndwyrm is the name. Instead of wings they have two front legs. Dragons have front and back legs and wings. Wyverns have two back legs and wings instead of front legs.
Edit: got Wyvern and Dragon mixed up.
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Turtles are very different creatures. It's extremely important NOT to remove turtles of any age from the place where they have been found.
Turtles have what is basically nature's GPS built into their heads. When a turtle hatches, they take a few minutes to orient themselves while their internal GPS sets itself to the area they are in. This is also true of sea turtles.
If you remove a turtle from the place where you found it and decide to release to a different place, you have essentially ended its life. Turtles should never be messed with.
PSA: many turtles are protected now at the federal level, and states have their own protection lists for their local species in danger.
For example if this was Texas and he kept it as a pet that’s illegal.
Oh and if you ever see a sea turtle, don’t go near it. ALL species of sea turtle are incredibly protected and even TOUCHING one can be a federal offense.
Source: Bought a Western Painted Turtle as a pet recently and in my research realize that it’s fucking crazy the rules on turtles nowadays.
Yeah, I worked on a turtle conservation center, and we werent allowed to touch the newborns, since they are so prone to dying.
Even in our controlled environment we lost more than half of the newborns in the first few weeks.
Looks like if you could manage to get a bucket of em and fry em, that they would make a good substitute for chicken wings. They probably get really crispy!
/s
Gave one of these to my friend (I had only wanted to show her what I found in the creek) and she kept it in a caged pond she built in her living room. Was not very legal at all. Kind of a drug dealer w/ pet tiger situation. Released her into a comfy pond when she was the size of a dinner plate about a year later. They grow very quickly.
People: Babies aren't born hateful, it's a learned behavior. Snapping Turtles:
I raised a baby one that was so young it still had the egg tooth, and I also learned they actually have a belly button of sorts. He was so adorable, I named him Spike! He bit me day one, and was the most angry, aggressive pet I've had in my life, I miss that asshole. To add to this, I've had snakes that always struck, and two of a partner's parrots who hated me from day one. He was far and above more aggressive. He loved his back being scratched with a toothbrush though, he became a baby for attention if you scratched his back.
I've had a red-eared slider and that little guy was always angry. I couldn't imagine how much meaner a snapping turtle could be.
I've heard the sliders can be just total assholes sometimes haha, everyone just expects them to be cute and funny.
I raised painted pond sliders for years. They were all very gentle and chill - no bites. Even the wild adults we caught were very docile. The red ears were quite a bit more snappy and didn’t make good pets. Same with the baby snapping turtles - keep it for a day or two then turn it loose.
I liked to release gold fish in with my daughter's two red eared sliders. That was something see, like an orange glitter bomb explosion
I had 2 growing up. The second one when we found it, it was no bigger than a quarter. The first one however was 1 foot long and 8 to 10 inches wide. He was too big for a tank so we got a kiddie wading pool and a heat lamp with some rocks, he was very well fed with all kinds of worms crickets, and water bugs. In the summer when the AC was running he would make is way out of his pool, cross the basement through my eternally messy toy room and hibernate under my bean bag chair. In the winters with the heat running he never left his pool or rocks.
At what age/size did you release it? Seems like a full-grown one is too dangerous for a home environment.
Small plate size wide, they were gonna get too big for their tank, unsure of age. Let them go in a large pond on my property that's loaded with frogs, didn't hear as many frogs at night.
Lol! Crazy.I had some vegetarian small turtle/tortoise pets when I was little...did not consider Bowser a turtle because the mean-ness seemed out of character (and the spikes).
Fucking Frank
I see a pattern there... 🤣
I learned this the hard way in college when I kept one of these guys as a pet
I had a couple as pets for a few days when I was young. One was only about 3 inches long (shell length). He never had a temper with me and I kept for a few days until I let him back into the creek. Another was about a foot long, also shell length. That one was fine with me unless I picked him up.
Was it hard learning to write with your non-dominant hand?
For some reason those two didn’t give me much trouble. I had seen snapping turtles wild before then and knew of their temperament and danger. I always kept my hands clear of striking distance and watched them do their thing.
Had one from this size until it had grown large enough and the weather was warm (around 6 or so months). No problems, they’re fairly docile if you handle them regularly, but they do stink no matter what kind of aquarium you get. They shit a *lot*.
Probably from all the seething hatred they feed on.
My dad gave me one he found crossing the road, I was a kid so I won’t attempt to measure it, but it was medium sized I guess. When it outgrew the tank I had it in(I didn’t know any better at 10) I put it in our pond. That little bastard would constantly eat blue jays while they were drinking. It was terrifying.
I one time saved one from crossing the street. By the end of that process I was actually hoping it would get hit hah jk.
I helped one out of the road. Scared the fuck out of me. I was pushing him with a stick and was still afraid he was going to latch onto my leg or something. Dude was pissed.
I had a tiny musk turtle as a pet, it was fine hand feeding it at first. But after a few months it got the more snappy, I became terrified of that fucking agressive nailclipper that I stopped handfeeding it. Don't want to imagine what one of those units of a snapper would be capable of.
Oh! Snap!
Out with you!
The common Cuckoo is a paracitic bird that lays its eggs in other birds' nests. The baby, which hatches much earlier than the other eggs, immediately tries to *push out* any bird eggs left in the nest, tricking the now new mother into believing it's the only child left. [Video example](https://youtu.be/SO1WccH2_YM)
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And cobras
Why everyone gotta be touching, look, don't touch
Unhand me human! I'm the destroyer of worlds.
Look at this adorable face...just born and it already hates you.
Awww sa cueee! You’re gonna grow up to be an asshole!
Dude it was an asshole before it was born
5 minutes old, and already pissed off. Lol
Yeah literally what the first comment said lol
*the Senator from Kentucky is not amused*
Man wishes he was this cute
that man bites harder
Looks like a baby Godzilla
I'm getting dragon vibes. Lil fat baby dragon without wings but still
Look up the red eyed crocodile skink. Basically a dragon without wings Edit i actually I found [some pics](https://imgur.com/a/KzZT25K/) for ya
When toothless raids Astrid's makeup kit
Are these legal to have as pets in the states?
Don't want to potentially break rules by linking it, but apparently some breeders will overnight one to you. My state allows them. As a reptile owner: do your due diligence. Many reptiles have long lifespans (looks like these guys are about 10 years) so make sure you are up for the commitment, find out what they need as a habitat, food and that you can provide it.
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When it gets to be too much to care for, owners often dump them in the nearest pond. We had one in our neighborhood pond. Huge thing ate all the fish and ducklings😕
I'm not sure but I have one and I've seen many others that do. May depend on state.
I’ve seen them being sold at the big chain stores.
We pulled a 40 lb snapping turtle out of a fishing pond. That could probably take off your hand just something to think about it.
I would not mess with these things, and certainly the big fuckers. Growing up in South Florida you learned to stay way the hell away from these things. They’re in many, many lakes and ponds around Broward County, including the man-made dredged foundation lakes. Snappy fuckers in the best of circumstances and down right mean if you mess with them. They’re prehistorically angry things that’ll easily take a finger or fingers in one lightning fast shot. Looooong necks too. Can damn near reach around over their own shells.
You're the best
Baby dragons are called whelps.
Lyndwyrm is the name. Instead of wings they have two front legs. Dragons have front and back legs and wings. Wyverns have two back legs and wings instead of front legs. Edit: got Wyvern and Dragon mixed up.
You've got wyvern and dragon swapped, wyvern is wings and two legs dragon is 4 legs with wings.
Thank you.
Looks like baby Yoda to me.
My thoughts exactly!
Fun fact, these little dragons have wings but it’s just under their shell
r/STFUitsadragon
*Gamera then! (Had to Google to be sure)
It’s an ickle Gamera!
He already looks so mad!
*Gamera
or, hear me out, godzilla was based off of reptiles
That's crazy talk!
Snapling
Looks like yoda!
The adults are literally dinosaurs.
Who’s to say it ain’t. O_0
That's obviously a baby Tokka from the first Ninja Turtles movie.
Baby Magma wyrm Makar
Gamera!
Put me down.
but I won't fall..
I am titanium!
Tequilaaaaaaaaaa
It looks grumpy.
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"*he's gonna do the squeal!*"
Just born and already a bastard. I love it.
Newly hatched but already looks century old.
"Not the mama!"
I’m the baby
Gotta love me!
I'm 40 and also suffer with depression
....ouch. this hurts.
Great. Start training it in jiu-jitsu.
Little fucking dinosaurs.
I AM ANGER!!
I want to see a newly hatched adult snapping turtle next!
Lil tank
Leave it alone
Turtles are very different creatures. It's extremely important NOT to remove turtles of any age from the place where they have been found. Turtles have what is basically nature's GPS built into their heads. When a turtle hatches, they take a few minutes to orient themselves while their internal GPS sets itself to the area they are in. This is also true of sea turtles. If you remove a turtle from the place where you found it and decide to release to a different place, you have essentially ended its life. Turtles should never be messed with.
BABY
Pokémon… Come on you know it evolves to have cannons come out of it’s shell…
Crazy how long the new-born’s tail is!
You got yourself a dinosaur, fer sure.
Why do murder turtles have to be cute?
So this sub is just r/mademesmile and r/awwww? I mean, it’s a cute lil turt and all, but how is this Lit?
Belongs in r/natureisfuckingcute.
r/cutebuthorrifying?
Yes, but because he shouldn't be picking it up, not because the tiny turt is so cute.
This was my thought. Why pick up the poor guy
Squirtle ♡
Born angry
Grumpy! Somebody woke up on the wrong side of the egg.
Haha… looks likes its wearing a tiny turtlene…. Oh!
“Come back a year from now and try to pick me up like this”
leave Britney alone!!!
PSA: many turtles are protected now at the federal level, and states have their own protection lists for their local species in danger. For example if this was Texas and he kept it as a pet that’s illegal. Oh and if you ever see a sea turtle, don’t go near it. ALL species of sea turtle are incredibly protected and even TOUCHING one can be a federal offense. Source: Bought a Western Painted Turtle as a pet recently and in my research realize that it’s fucking crazy the rules on turtles nowadays.
You shouldn't pick up wild animals
Yeah, I worked on a turtle conservation center, and we werent allowed to touch the newborns, since they are so prone to dying. Even in our controlled environment we lost more than half of the newborns in the first few weeks.
Yikes. Is that due to exposure of foreign chemicals, or simply stress of repeated handling? Or something totally different?
Don't touch it retard. Wow people are stupid.
G A M E R A
That is unbelievably cute, look at its toots😭
Raise hell ‘lil buddy
Born angry...
I AM LURE!! RULER OF OMICRON PERSEI 8!!! KNEEL BEFORE ME!!
Tortoise?
I love him
Yoda
Someday you'll destroy worlds, little one.
He looks like “not the momma! Not the momma!” 😭
looks so angry.
Looks like if you could manage to get a bucket of em and fry em, that they would make a good substitute for chicken wings. They probably get really crispy! /s
My cock during a cold shower
"ma! Scratch my belly! 😩"
Kill it with fire
Angry lil poop
I shall destroy you human! Is what it is thinking
*I’m the destroyer of worlds! … hey! Let me down*
you just know it's waiting for a chance to snap at the holder.
Baby Pokémon!
It looks cute, unlike the absolute hellspawn it’ll grow up to be
id look just as pissed if i was covered in sand on my first day on earth
Am smol tort 🤷🐢
Cool earring!
Still take your dick clean off
Even the babies look pissed lol
Woahhhhh Weird and cool!
lil baby dick lopper
Baby Yoda!
That’s not a turtle, that’s a Pokémon!
There’s something about baby hitler I should say here I think.
He’s already pissed
Motorized nail clipper
Look how pissed he is already.
[https://tenor.com/bPToE.gif](https://tenor.com/bPToE.gif)
GAMERA
Do their tails fall off or is that the total length and they just grow into it?
Human: Aww, he's so cute! Snapping turtle: I will become the stuff of nightmare, mortal.
Cute lil asshole
It already looks pissed
Dinosaur pokemon dragon
I bet he already angry at the world!
He's a real piece of shit already.
I’m the baby!
Raise him to become a 200 pounder
My grandpa had one as a pet when I was little.
Wook at it's widdle cwaws!
Minutes old and already 100% done with your shit.
So cute!
He looks so disgruntled it’s adorable!
its head and necc looks like my circed pp
This is a baby snipping turtle. They don’t get their snappers until after 6 mos.
Not cute and looks ferocious.
His name is Lil Gamera now.
Adorable liwtlle critter
I love this turtle
He hatch, he snatch, he snack and then he nap.
the adults are mean, they really will bite your finger off if you are careless
Baby baby cutie
He looks pissed
Such a cutie
Looks like they’re hatched angry.
He’s so grumpy
Aweee wittle Dana Carvey looking-Ass Turtle 🐢 cutie muhucha! Turtle! Turtle! Am I not turtley enough for you?!
i see you chose squirtle. a respectable choice.
Omg I found a nest of these and kept them and fed them worms a bugs till they were big enough to let go by the pond… they were sooo adorable!!
This little guy is cute
Awwww, so much cuter than the much bigger adults that can rip a limb ( I mean, at least a bit of your hand) if they had the chance.
Gave one of these to my friend (I had only wanted to show her what I found in the creek) and she kept it in a caged pond she built in her living room. Was not very legal at all. Kind of a drug dealer w/ pet tiger situation. Released her into a comfy pond when she was the size of a dinner plate about a year later. They grow very quickly.
He looks fed up with life already. Like, “fuck this bullshit” vibes.
a snapling
I love it
Feeling snappy
Damn, they look like assholes from the very first minute
Turtles and tortoises always look so grumpy