a better grip so somehow stuck my left hand ring finger in it’s mouth.
Son of a ■■■■■, it clamped down and instant reaction was shaking it off, which I did. Bleeding plenty which can be good for flushing, so going to doc tomorrow.
come on Doublen, what meat on the top of the head!!! Dude that looks like it hurt!!! I think a turtle has more long lived nerves and movement after “death” than a snake. Future note to self… screw the head meat!
We had trouble with waterman’s disease around the Chesapeake so we kept bleach on our boats to put on cuts stings like hell but we thought it helped
My biggest problem was getting stabbed with crab points while culling and the occasional stupid handling bites, it’s like they injected something when they stabbed you it would hurt for more than a week
Definitely get it looked at soon. I’ve read they can carry salmonella. Hope your tetanus shot is up to date too. It hurts just looking at the pictures!!
Hey Fred, never messed with head before, but saw on the Tube where a guy cut it out,. Couple nice chunks of white meat.
Anyway ended up with a couple stitches, tetanus shot and 10 days of antibiotics…sheesh.
When he bit down I instantly shook my hand without even thinking and head flew off across shop floor. Probably not the best way, but instinct told me otherwise, lol.
Best thing you can do is get that Beam flowing through your veins. If it gets infected,you’ll know.I’ve been bit by many creatures but never a turtle.Good luck to you.
Hope the Doc fixed you up with some antibiotic of some sort. Those are some evil looking creatures. One of my Border Collies found one last year trying to get under the backyard fence heading back to the pond. I intervened before she got too nosey.
“Somebody needs to make a law regulating assault snapping turtles!”
Put that thing in an ants nest to clean it up and keep it on the mantel with a pic of what it did to your finger!! and another pic with the cooked meat.
Future reference the word cooter is not a good safe word to use in situations like these I would use more sympathetic terms as tubby turtle Snapper the rapper or turquoise tortoise those will probably be a better choice of words when using safe words
