Alligator Snapping Turtle Bites Researcher

shawntriedandtrue Says:

Oct 18, 2009 - Lucky guy...it could have ended much worse. Nice video.

mowildlife Says:

Oct 19, 2009 - The special tool used to pry his finger free is NOT a knife. It's a steel knife sharpener.

bronzemech Says:

Oct 19, 2009 - they used atool to help the reashearcher pry off the turtle with no harm to the turtle how about thr damn reashercher? his frigging fingers r cut off lllooooll

poohnay16 Says:

Oct 19, 2009 - same HERE!!!

lilugo77 Says:

Oct 20, 2009 - Turtle can has finger. These things aren't rare where I fish, I caught 2 of them in the same day, and they weren't the same ones. The first one was much bigger, and they were both heavy as hell. Needless to say, they got about 100 feet of free fishing line.

LordZacknafien Says:

Oct 22, 2009 - Guy who lived next door to me when i used to live in florida Lost 2 /half fingers from one he seid that it was like hell gettin Bitten by one and it was painful as hell. Good news is that he got His fingers Reattached But took Months rehabilitation of Leetch therapy medications and so on for his fingers to fully recover. Never mess around with those little bastards unless you know what you are doin lol.

vanhalenman60 Says:

Oct 22, 2009 - when it happend to me i stabed it with a knife and it died but it broke mt finger

GnarPaddler Says:

Oct 23, 2009 - He grabbed the head which is why he got bit...you really aren't supposed to grab it at the sides because some turtles can reach that far and still get ya

OGMENDOZA661 Says:

Oct 27, 2009 - hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaahha

everelusive9 Says:

Nov 1, 2009 - When I was a kid 15-20 yrs ago we saw these commonly, especially in the springtime. Now I only see one or a two a year.

Cptjackjacky Says:

Nov 2, 2009 - at least the turtle was allowed to go free and unharmed, no turtle soup today gentlemen!

bluliite Says:

Nov 6, 2009 - What do you want us to do? Uh, uh, oh, uh lol Know that hurt. Nice to let the turtle go =)

cabassos Says:

Nov 7, 2009 - hahahaha... super hunter, you saw very bad !

Delticola Says:

Nov 10, 2009 - @GnarPaddler Actually he got bit because that turtle individually was a little faster and smarter the the average turtle of that species. Notice the bite happened after the release, not before and not during the holding by the head.............either way, it's still not the best way to remove them from the nets, there are better ways.......developed after this incident.

zerotolerance4u Says:

Nov 11, 2009 - The researcher was returned to the lab slightly harmed.

keefer2111 Says:

Nov 12, 2009 - There mouth is full of Bacteria.. its a good chance it got infected.

pingpong909 Says:

Nov 13, 2009 - i personally would kill it out of rage n pain. Prolly stab in the neck or chop its head off with my ka-bar but dam that guy can control himself! he didnt even harm the turtle. props :)

DemonDrug95 Says:

Nov 15, 2009 - i would put tape around its mouth then only measure it and cut the tape with a very long sissors

Almightymunch Says:

Nov 18, 2009 - hahahahaha did u here the crunch

hdwarrior78 Says:

Nov 19, 2009 - that was his own fault, lol, you can't stop thinking for even a sec around any animal like that

helloturtle09 Says:

Nov 19, 2009 - bch thats wut u get for catching the turtle in a net like that imagine how u would feel if u were in net being caught like that its cruel

fasthonda Says:

Nov 20, 2009 - That turtle could have cut his finger clean off if he wanted to.

virtuous8 Says:

Nov 20, 2009 - let the turtle alone!

jethromayham Says:

Nov 21, 2009 - I bet he learned his lesson. But sometimes it has to happen before he shows more respect. I had a pet turtle bite me but it was a small one and it still hurt a little. The turtle can turn its head easily and catch you because hard to hold turtle by the end part only.

stringanime Says:

Nov 22, 2009 - If alien invades snagged me in a net, and I bit or stabbed them, but they didn't dissinegrate my brains for doing so, I'd be happy.