I used to have a snapping turtle...ended up releasing it back into the wild.

I have a painted turtle now.  Saved him from being thrown away by some idiot. 

~Zoo

It's a lot bigger than it looks in the picture because the picture is taken from high above.

I got lots of turtles in the lake behind my apartment. As some of you may know, I also have a pet gator back there as I showed on my article. Some nice fishes as well, just bought my kids some fishing rods (those that shoot the bait like a nerf gun, rocketshot I think it's called) and worked great. My younger son already caught 2 fishes there.

I wish the picture did him more justice.  Glad you got to see our "monster".

Actually, there are two of them that size, and we think all the other turtles are descendants.  We call the one that you see most often "Nessie".

If it's the common snapping turtle(Chelydra serpentina), it should look something like this if you get up close:

~Zoo

Yeak, it's a snappy turtle. A really old, BIG one.

They look so cool.

I want one just to have wandering around my home!  They move so slow