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There we go.
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That is our first snapping
turtle of the day.
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Welcome to dragon tales, guys.
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You've seen me catch
hundreds of snapping turtles,
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but this is a little
bit different.
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My personal record is
six snapping turtles
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in a single day.
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Today, I'm gonna try to catch
10 between four locations.
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What's awesome about this
is that snapping turtle
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is a female, and is officially
our first turtle of the day.
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All right, let's get
the adventure started.
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Nine more to go.
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Oh, look at this environment.
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This is awesome.
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This is just completely a
green algae mess of ooze.
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Perfect snapping turtle habitat.
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But it does make them a
little difficult to see.
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I'm gonna move out
and around this tree.
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Be really tough to catch
anything right here.
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Is that a turtle?
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Oh, it is a turtle.
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How are you gonna get it?
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Tucked
back in those logs.
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Gonna have to dive all
the way back in there.
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Are you good?
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Oh, he's moving.
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Oh, oh no.
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Oh.
- Lost it.
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I lost it.
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You see where it is?
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This way.
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Oh, oh, oh, there, under me.
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Right there.
Right there.
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Right there.
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Go around.
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Did you feel him?
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No, I didn't.
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I'm pretty
sure that was him.
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That was so close.
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So close to catching a miss.
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I had the back of its
shell, and then it
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propelled itself forward and
pulled right out of my hand.
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Well, I'd say that's
it for this location.
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OK, we're on to our
second location.
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There are some huge
turtles in here,
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but they're very tough to catch.
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I actually see when that's up
against the side of the pond.
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Might be able to get
this one by hand.
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There.
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Is that him?
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Yeah
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How deep is it?
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Really deep.
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All right, we're
going to the kayak.
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I can't catch that turtle.
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Yes!
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Got one.
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Yeah, there we go.
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That's a good
turtle right there.
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OK.
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In the boat with you, buddy.
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This is definitely the most
difficult part right here,
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getting a turtle in your
boat and then getting it
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back into a controlled setting.
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Not the biggest turtle
in here, but we got one.
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Check that out.
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Definitely bigger than the
first turtle we caught today.
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But this turtle
is actually named
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Winston, only the second time
I have ever caught this dragon.
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Now, look at the nose.
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The beak is a little worn down,
but this is still a very, very
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healthy common snapping turtle.
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All right, we have
seen three turtles.
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We have caught two.
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I think it's time that we
move on to the next location
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and see if we can
up our numbers.
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All right, let's get this
guy back into the water.
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OK, location number three,
one of my favorite spots
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in Gihanna, Ohio.
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And I already see
a snapping turtle
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out there moving in the mud.
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We're going straight into this.
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There he is.
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He's gonna start moving.
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Oh, just like that.
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Wow.
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There we go.
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Turtle number three.
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And this is one of the
most famous turtles
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here in central Ohio.
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His name is Homer.
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I have named all the
turtles in this location
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after mythological Greek gods.
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And this is one of the most
dominant reptiles in this spot.
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Now, not as big an as heavy
as some of the other turtles
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that we see in other locations,
but definitely just as angry.
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Well, how about that?
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Walking right up, and that is
turtle number three of the day.
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Very, very sharp
claws on this turtle.
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OK, let's see who
else we can find.
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Looking good, buddy.
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There you go.
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All right.
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That's a great start
for this location.
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OK, we're heading back
into here, see if we
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can find some more turtles.
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This is really good
for our numbers, right?
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That is great.
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That is a perfect start.
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I mean, for our time.
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Yes.
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That's gonna help-- here's
another trouble right here.
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Right here.
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That is Hercules.
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Homer and Hercules,
back to back.
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Look at that.
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This turtle is
the biggest turtle
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that lives in this location.
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How about that?
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Back to back turtles
right next to each other.
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Oh that is great.
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Unbelievable.
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What a beautiful
common snapping turtle.
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And I am very happy to see that
he is healthy and doing well.
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Hi, buddy, how are you?
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Does it go, hey, Coyote.
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How are ya?
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All right, that is
four turtles now.
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Gonna place him right back here.
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Watch your toes.
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And we'll see who
else we can find.
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All right, off you go.
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How about that?
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Our numbers, just like
that, are back in our favor.
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I'd say that's pretty
good for this location.
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We caught two of
the three turtles
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that live in this very
small urban swamp.
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That brings our total
count up to four.
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We're almost halfway
there, and we still
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got the best location to come.
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That was huge.
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That may be the
fastest I've ever
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caught two very sizable
snapping turtles back to back.
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All right, guys, last location.
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Do you believe in miracles?
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Can I catch six turtles
in the next two hours
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at this location?
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Only time will tell.
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We got one time around the pond.
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Here we go.
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Now, the sunlight is definitely
helping us right now.
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I can see right
down to the bottom.
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So if there's a turtle
hunting or moving,
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I should be able to see it.
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There's one.
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Right there.
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Right in front of you.
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Oh, he's a bit one.
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Oh, he's a big one.
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Oh, the water's deep.
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Completely getting
swallowed in water.
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That is cold.
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But that is a huge turtle,
one of the biggest hurdles
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that lives in this location.
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The turtle known as Big Daddy.
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And that is, wow, officially
our fifth turtle of the day.
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I'm just gonna him go.
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We gotta keep moving.
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Here we go.
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Moving on.
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See you later, big guy.
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Wow, what a catch.
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Yes!
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Man, my waders are
completely full of water.
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I might need to drain them.
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Yeah!
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Snapper, right there.
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Turtle, turtle, turtle.
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It's Hubert.
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Nope, nah.
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Look at this guy.
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Yes!
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Look at that.
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Turtle number six.
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Wow, I don't
know what this turtle is.
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I've actually never caught it
before in this body of water.
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But that is turtle number six.
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I've officially tied
my personal best.
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Six turtles in a single day.
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We've only got four more to go.
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How awesome is that?
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That is one stinky snapping
turtle right there.
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All right, put
him right back in.
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And let's see if we
can get number seven.
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Ah, we're heating up now.
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Yes!
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What's exciting about
this is that if I catch
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a seventh turtle, that will be
my new personal record for most
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turtles caught in a day.
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Got a snapping turtle right
here hunkered down, just hiding.
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Come here, buddy.
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There we go.
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Look at that!
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Turtle number seven.
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Wow.
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There we have it.
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That's seven.
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That's my new personal
record in a single day.
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Nice.
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Not a huge turtle, but
that is number seven.
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Wow, this is a really
good-looking little turtle.
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Some of the claws are kind
of nubbed off in the front,
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probably from fighting with
another snapping turtle
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at some point.
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OK, this guy's going right
back down into the mud.
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See you, buddy.
Oh, don't bite me.
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Fiesty.
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OK, turtle number eight.
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Let's find it.
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It's tough, because I wanna
go as fast as possible
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because we're
running out of time,
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but you really have to glide
slowly when you're looking
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for snapping turtles because
if you drift too far past one,
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you'll have no chance
of catching it.
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Big turtle right there.
It's Oscar.
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It's Oscar.
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Here we go.
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Yes!
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Big, big, big
turtle right there.
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There we have it.
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That is an absolute gigantor.
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It's Oscar.
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Oh, my goodness, it's Oscar.
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This is the largest snapping
turtle in this body of water.
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And he means business.
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Look at the size of him.
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Holy mackerel, that is
turtle number 8 right there.
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Hold on, I'm losing him.
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Oh, he's so slippery.
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Oh, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow.
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Look at the size of that dragon.
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Oh, my gosh.
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He is so incredibly heavy.
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Is that the
biggest one so far?
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This is the biggest
one without question.
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This is the largest
snapping turtle
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out in this body
of water, and he
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is as prehistoric as it gets.
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All right, guys, there
it is, turtle no eight.
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Nine and 10 is all that's left.
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All right, guys, we are
almost out of light.
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The water is perfectly
calm, though, right now.
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Can we catch
turtles nine and 10?
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Let's see what happens.
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What's crazy about this location
is there's probably 30 turtles,
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maybe more that live in here.
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Sun's behind a cloud.
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It's definitely
hurting me right now.
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Between that and the
fact that I cannot--
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even the shallow water
is extremely murky.
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Man, if our conditions were just
a little bit better, I think we
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would've-- would've gotten it.
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All right, we'll
back up through here.
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I think that'll do it.
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Valiant effort.
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This close.
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We topped out at
eight turtles today.
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Oh, I look back at that
one turtle that I missed.
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We could have made it to nine.
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But, in the end, I did beat
my personal record, which was
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six turtles in a single day.
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And I can't be too disappointed.
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Not only did we catch
Big Daddy, we also
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caught Oscar, the
largest turtle that
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lives here at Thoreau Lake.
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And that's the story
of snapping turtles
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right there, the legend.
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You're always going after
the next big turtle,
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in this instance,
it was, can I catch
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10 turtles in a single day?
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I was close, so close.
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I feel like if the conditions
have been just a little bit
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better, if the water had been
a little clearer, if there may
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have been a little less
wind and a little more sun,
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we may have pulled it off.
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But, hey, eight turtles
in a single day isn't bad.
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I'm Coyote Peterson.
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Be brave, stay wild.
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We'll see you on
the next adventure.
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All right, that's the day.
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Just dive and go for it.
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The last thing
you want is to get
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your hand into the mouth
of 100-pound, gargantuan,
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prehistoric reptile.
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1, 2.
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The dark, swampy waters
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of southeast Texas conceal
many mysterious predators.
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But nothing is more
impressive than the reptile
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you're about to witness.
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Hailing as the largest
freshwater turtle in North
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America, this species
is shrouded in folklore,
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and the stories they spark are
famous for igniting a status
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that is considered legendary.
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The alligator snapping turtle
reigns as the Dragon of Texas.
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I've teamed up with Carl and
Viviana of Texas Turtles.
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This conservation group is on
the front lines of protecting
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our shelled friends.
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No matter the species,
they love turtles.
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For several days, we have been
working under special permits
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to catch and record this
location's resident gator
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snapper population.
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Using a safe method
known as hoop netting,
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we have had some
incredible success
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landing a variety of
algae-covered swamp monsters.
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By now, we know
the famous phrase,
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everything is bigger in
Texas, and the turtles
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are no exception.
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Which means that some nets
simply aren't big enough,
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and that is where
I come into play.
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Get ready.
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This episode is
about to get wild.
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OK, I'm checking a net that
is close to the edge right here.
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I think we've got a turtle.
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It's moving.
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This net is moving right here.
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All right, I'm gonna pull
it up and take a look.
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Oh, no.
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It was outside of the net.
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Big turtle right
outside of the net.
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No!
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There it goes.
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And now, he's back off
and into the swamp.
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The water's too
deep and too murky.
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I can't see anything.
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I'm so tempted to just--
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just dive and go for it.
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Dangerous thing
about doing something
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like that is without being able
to see which end of the turtle
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is the front end of the
turtle, the last thing you want
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is to get your
hand into the mouth
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of 100-pound, gargantuan,
prehistoric reptile.
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1, 2, 3.
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Oh, yeah.
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That is how you
jump into catch for
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a gargantuan snapping turtle.
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If at first you
don't catch it with the trap,
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you wait just a
few seconds longer,
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and the turtle will
return to the bait
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all the way underwater.
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And that is the only
way that I have learned
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to catch snapping turtles.
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No nets, no traps, no problem.
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00:15:42,419 --> 00:15:43,551
Oh, buddy.
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That is a good
turtle right there.
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My goodness.
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00:15:47,381 --> 00:15:49,383
OK, I'm coming up.
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Watch your feet.
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That is one powerful
reptile right there.
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And a turtle with
jaws of that size
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can definitely
take off your hand.
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00:16:07,270 --> 00:16:09,881
A second I went
underwater, my hand slid
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00:16:10,012 --> 00:16:11,622
down the side of his carapace.
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00:16:11,753 --> 00:16:14,625
I was like, oh, please, get
to the backside of this turtle
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00:16:14,756 --> 00:16:18,281
and don't let your hand
end up in those jaws.
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00:16:18,412 --> 00:16:19,239
Yes!
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00:16:19,369 --> 00:16:20,631
Yes!
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00:16:20,762 --> 00:16:22,982
We have ourselves a
really good-looking
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alligator snapping turtle.
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00:16:24,244 --> 00:16:25,375
How about that?
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00:16:25,506 --> 00:16:27,290
A little bit of
patience is all it took,
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and I knew, I knew you were
gonna come back for that bait,
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but you didn't think
I'd be waiting, did you?
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OK, if you can go run
and get Carl and Viviana,
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00:16:38,127 --> 00:16:39,520
I'll stay here with the turtle.
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00:16:39,650 --> 00:16:41,391
We'll get these biometrics.
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Yes.
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Yes.
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And there you have it, that
is a true prehistoric giant,
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the alligator snapping turtle,
the reptile that we have been
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searching for and safely
trapping with the hoop nets
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00:16:55,884 --> 00:16:57,233
for the past couple of days.
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00:16:57,364 --> 00:16:58,930
Now, we've caught a
couple of smaller turtles,
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but nothing so far of this size.
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And truth be told, like I said,
during the process of that
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all unfolding, this
turtle wasn't actually
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00:17:05,850 --> 00:17:08,897
quite in the net yet, so jumping
into the water to catch it
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00:17:09,028 --> 00:17:10,638
ended up being the right tactic.
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00:17:10,768 --> 00:17:13,684
But the thing about this
turtle that makes it so unique
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is just its prehistoric design.
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00:17:16,165 --> 00:17:17,558
Look at this creature.
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Covered in algae, gnarled
carapace, and a mouth
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00:17:21,170 --> 00:17:22,867
that certainly means business.
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00:17:22,998 --> 00:17:25,131
Now, one of the big differences
between the alligator snapping
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turtle and the common
snapping turtle
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is the reach of that head.
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00:17:28,786 --> 00:17:30,571
While the skull may be
massive and the spread
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00:17:30,701 --> 00:17:33,443
of those jaws incredible,
and the power, definitely
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00:17:33,574 --> 00:17:35,837
strong enough to take off
a finger or crush a hand,
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00:17:35,967 --> 00:17:38,492
it doesn't quite have the reach
of the common snapping turtle.
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So me being this
close to this turtle,
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00:17:40,363 --> 00:17:43,801
I don't feel as if I'm in danger
in any way, shape, or form.
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00:17:43,932 --> 00:17:45,238
One of the most
fascinating aspects
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00:17:45,368 --> 00:17:46,891
about the alligator
snapping turtle
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00:17:47,022 --> 00:17:48,893
is actually the
way that it hunts.
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00:17:49,024 --> 00:17:51,070
This is considered
an ambush predator,
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00:17:51,200 --> 00:17:52,810
as compared to the common
snapping turtle, which I
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00:17:52,941 --> 00:17:54,638
would say is much more nomadic.
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00:17:54,769 --> 00:17:58,033
All this reptile needs to
do is lay on a body of water
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00:17:58,164 --> 00:18:00,209
and wait for its
prey to come to it.
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00:18:00,340 --> 00:18:02,864
If you zoom in on the
underside of that jaw there,
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00:18:02,994 --> 00:18:05,562
you can see that little fleshy
appendage moving around.
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00:18:05,693 --> 00:18:07,738
It looks just like a worm.
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00:18:07,869 --> 00:18:09,262
This is called lingual luring.
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00:18:09,392 --> 00:18:11,612
The turtle will lay in
wait, wiggle that worm,
415
00:18:11,742 --> 00:18:13,962
and a fish will get close
thinking, oh, look at this.
416
00:18:14,093 --> 00:18:15,268
I found an easy meal.
417
00:18:15,398 --> 00:18:17,139
But it's exactly the opposite.
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00:18:17,270 --> 00:18:19,620
The fish gets close, the
snapping turtle clamps down
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00:18:19,750 --> 00:18:22,405
its jaws, and the fish went
from potential predator
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00:18:22,536 --> 00:18:24,190
to prey item.
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00:18:24,320 --> 00:18:28,324
At this size, the only threat
that a turtle of this magnitude
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00:18:28,455 --> 00:18:31,849
faces is human interaction.
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00:18:31,980 --> 00:18:35,853
The alligator snapping turtle is
considered a protected species,
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00:18:35,984 --> 00:18:39,118
which means it is illegal
to go out and catch, harass,
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00:18:39,248 --> 00:18:41,555
or interact with these
reptiles unless you
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00:18:41,685 --> 00:18:43,078
have the proper permits.
427
00:18:43,209 --> 00:18:44,775
However, that
doesn't stop people
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00:18:44,906 --> 00:18:46,560
from poaching these reptiles.
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00:18:46,690 --> 00:18:49,389
They're oftentimes traded on the
black market in the pet trade,
430
00:18:49,519 --> 00:18:51,173
but also, the food trade.
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00:18:51,304 --> 00:18:54,263
Believe it or not, this turtle
is the origin of turtle soup.
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00:18:54,394 --> 00:18:56,831
So we have to work
collectively, all of us,
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00:18:56,961 --> 00:18:59,486
to make sure that the
protections stay in place
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00:18:59,616 --> 00:19:01,705
to keep these
prehistoric-looking reptiles
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00:19:01,836 --> 00:19:04,926
safe here on our planet.
436
00:19:05,056 --> 00:19:07,711
I absolutely love the
carapace of these turtles.
437
00:19:07,842 --> 00:19:09,670
Now, as compared to the
common snapping turtle,
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00:19:09,800 --> 00:19:11,454
the alligator
snapping turtle has
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00:19:11,585 --> 00:19:15,415
these very distinct ridges that
run the length of its body.
440
00:19:15,545 --> 00:19:17,808
Now, not only do they look
cool, and they gave them
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00:19:17,939 --> 00:19:19,462
their namesake, the
alligator snapping turtle,
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00:19:19,593 --> 00:19:20,898
because when they
come to the surface,
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00:19:21,029 --> 00:19:22,335
it almost looks like the
back of an alligator,
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00:19:22,465 --> 00:19:24,337
but they have functionality.
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00:19:24,467 --> 00:19:27,078
During storm surge and hurricane
season, if the water levels
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00:19:27,209 --> 00:19:29,907
change quickly, this
turtle's capable of wedging
447
00:19:30,038 --> 00:19:32,083
itself down in between logs.
448
00:19:32,214 --> 00:19:34,695
It will essentially
lock itself in place
449
00:19:34,825 --> 00:19:36,784
to make sure that it does
not move from the territory
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00:19:36,914 --> 00:19:38,960
that it is currently protecting.
451
00:19:39,090 --> 00:19:41,354
And when you look at it,
it's got all this algae,
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00:19:41,484 --> 00:19:44,835
and even little worms and
leeches crawling around on it.
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00:19:44,966 --> 00:19:49,188
There's an ecosystem existing
on the back of this reptile.
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00:19:49,318 --> 00:19:52,626
One thing that I do love about
these turtles is their eyes.
455
00:19:52,756 --> 00:19:55,716
Look at that, black
and gold, focused,
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00:19:55,846 --> 00:19:58,371
all those little
fleshy little particles
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00:19:58,501 --> 00:20:00,199
of skin growing off of them.
458
00:20:00,329 --> 00:20:03,941
And that helps to keep these
animals camouflaged underwater.
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00:20:04,072 --> 00:20:07,249
You can see the algae that's
growing on that turtle's face.
460
00:20:07,380 --> 00:20:09,382
It really looks like
a rock when it's
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00:20:09,512 --> 00:20:11,645
laying on the basin
of a body of water
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00:20:11,775 --> 00:20:14,430
waiting for its
prey to get close.
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00:20:14,561 --> 00:20:16,476
Looking inside that
mouth, that's probably
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00:20:16,606 --> 00:20:18,217
about as close as I wanna get.
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00:20:18,347 --> 00:20:20,262
And you'll notice there's
a hole that keeps opening
466
00:20:20,393 --> 00:20:21,959
up inside its mouth there.
467
00:20:22,090 --> 00:20:24,701
That's actually the way
that this turtle breathes.
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00:20:24,832 --> 00:20:28,183
That little hole connects to the
roof of its skull, which then
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00:20:28,314 --> 00:20:30,011
connects to its
nostrils, and that's
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00:20:30,141 --> 00:20:31,752
how they're able to
come up above the water,
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00:20:31,882 --> 00:20:34,015
take a quick breath without
opening their mouths.
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00:20:34,145 --> 00:20:35,712
That also helps
them when they're
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00:20:35,843 --> 00:20:38,672
in the process of eating, make
sure that no water goes down
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00:20:38,802 --> 00:20:40,108
and into their lungs.
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00:20:40,239 --> 00:20:41,762
OK, I'd say that this
turtle is about ready
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00:20:41,892 --> 00:20:43,024
to get back into
the water, so it's
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00:20:43,154 --> 00:20:44,765
time to do the important work.
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00:20:44,895 --> 00:20:47,028
I'm going to bring in Carl and
Viviana from Texas Turtles,
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00:20:47,158 --> 00:20:48,856
and we're going to
collect the necessary data
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00:20:48,986 --> 00:20:51,032
that they need to make
sure that this turtle is
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00:20:51,162 --> 00:20:52,555
properly documented.
482
00:20:52,686 --> 00:20:54,818
All right, guys, you ready
to pull the biometrics?
483
00:20:54,949 --> 00:20:55,863
Let's do it.
484
00:20:58,387 --> 00:20:59,997
Catching is fun,
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00:21:00,128 --> 00:21:03,262
but the most important aspect
to Carl and Viviana's research
486
00:21:03,392 --> 00:21:05,612
is the biometrics.
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00:21:05,742 --> 00:21:09,311
Head width is taken first,
followed by carapace
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and plaster on lengths.
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00:21:11,835 --> 00:21:15,535
Next, a PIT tag, which
stands for Passive Integrated
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00:21:15,665 --> 00:21:19,278
Transponder, is
quickly inserted.
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00:21:19,408 --> 00:21:24,718
No, this is not a tracking chip,
but instead, is an ID tag that
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00:21:24,848 --> 00:21:27,329
can quickly be scanned
to ID this turtle if it
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00:21:27,460 --> 00:21:29,636
is caught again in the future.
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00:21:29,766 --> 00:21:31,768
Think of it kind
of like a turtle's
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00:21:31,899 --> 00:21:34,205
social security number.
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00:21:34,336 --> 00:21:38,122
Last, but certainly not
least, is my favorite part,
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00:21:38,253 --> 00:21:40,299
the turtle's weight.
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00:21:40,429 --> 00:21:43,127
This big boy isn't going
to set any world records,
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00:21:43,258 --> 00:21:45,521
but it does boast being the
biggest turtle we caught
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00:21:45,652 --> 00:21:47,306
on this round of research.
501
00:21:47,436 --> 00:21:49,351
70.3 pounds.
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00:21:49,482 --> 00:21:50,744
Yes!
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00:21:50,874 --> 00:21:54,617
That is a good-sized
turtle, that's for sure.
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00:21:54,748 --> 00:21:56,576
I'll give you a look
at the scale there.
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00:21:56,706 --> 00:21:58,447
With the biometrics complete,
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00:21:58,578 --> 00:22:01,798
this turtle is now
ready for release.
507
00:22:01,929 --> 00:22:03,539
Well, it's officially
time to release
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00:22:03,670 --> 00:22:06,281
this prehistoric behemoth
back into the wild.
509
00:22:06,412 --> 00:22:08,457
But before I do, I just
want to give a big thanks
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00:22:08,588 --> 00:22:10,720
to Texas Turtles for
allowing us to assist
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00:22:10,851 --> 00:22:12,461
in the important
research that they've
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00:22:12,592 --> 00:22:15,421
been doing to help preserve
the alligator snapping turtle.
513
00:22:15,551 --> 00:22:16,813
I'm Coyote Petersen.
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Be brave, stay wild.
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