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Index of Subjects ---2114655128-561389819-1337705155=:36069 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Rick=0AAll wildlife is scary to some people.=0AOne person on this site w= arned me of the dangers of chipmunks=0Awhen I wrote about how a little chip= py used to run on my shoulders=0Aand get in my pockets. Scary things I gues= s - LOL=0AOnce when in Peskowesk Brook, early spring I was wading.=0AJust t= hen the rock I was standing on started to move. I looked down=A0=0Aand I wa= s standing on a large turtle - perhaps the weiner eater.=0AI thought it bes= t to find another rock.=0AThanks for the informative note.=0APaul=0A=0A=0A= =0A________________________________=0A From: Rick Whitman <dendroica.caerul= escens@gmail.com>=0ATo: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca =0ASent: Tuesday, May 22, 2= 012 12:27:21 PM=0ASubject: Re: Re: Fwd: [NatureNS] a wiener-eating snapping= turtle !!!=0A =0AI feel the extract below is where it gets very dangerous = for the=0Aturtles sooner or later. At site #31 on Peskowesk Lake (Keji) the= re=0Awas a large snapper that definitely visited the "dock" routinely, for= =0Afood scraps etc., for a number of years. And then it was gone.=0AMeaning= less, yes, but these things are very long-lived & are the top=0Apredator in= their system.=0A=0AA certain fraction of humans, even in "back country" ca= mpers, are=0Aidiots. Yes, I said that. And these turtles are seriously scar= y to=0Asome. We were definitely told by a park warden that a snapper at a= =0Adifferent site turned up with ax cuts in its back. I believe it died.=0A= And this was in Keji.=0A=0ARick W.=0A=0AOn Tue, May 22, 2012 at 11:23 AM, F= rederick W. Schueler <bckcdb@istar.ca> wrote:=0A> * here's Matt Keevil's re= sponse to this. Matt is doing his Ph.D. on Snapping=0A> Turtle dispersal an= d population genetics in Algonquin Park in Ontario.=0A>=0A> fred.=0A.......= ....................=0A> I've heard a bunch of stories of people hand feedi= ng snappers and I suspect=0A> this sort of habituation might explain other = instances of people reporting=0A> being approached by snappers.=0A.........= ................... ---2114655128-561389819-1337705155=:36069 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body><div style=3D"color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:ti= mes new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Hi Rick</s= pan></div><div><span>All wildlife is scary to some people.</span></div><div= ><span>One person on this site warned me of the dangers of chipmunks</span>= </div><div><span>when I wrote about how a little chippy used to run on my s= houlders</span></div><div><span>and get in my pockets. Scary things I guess= - LOL</span></div><div><span>Once when in Peskowesk Brook, early spring I = was wading.</span></div><div><span>Just then the rock I was standing on sta= rted to move. I looked down </span></div><div><span>and I was standing= on a large turtle - perhaps the weiner eater.</span></div><div><span>I tho= ught it best to find another rock.</span></div><div><span>Thanks for the in= formative note.</span></div><div><span>Paul</span></div><div><span><br></sp= an></div><div><br></div> <div style=3D"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "> <div style=3D"font-size: 1= 2pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "> <div dir= =3D"ltr"> <font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial"> <hr size=3D"1"> <b><span style= =3D"font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Rick Whitman <dendroica.caerules= cens@gmail.com><br> <b><span style=3D"font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b>= naturens@chebucto.ns.ca <br> <b><span style=3D"font-weight: bold;">Sent:</= span></b> Tuesday, May 22, 2012 12:27:21 PM<br> <b><span style=3D"font-weig= ht: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: Re: Fwd: [NatureNS] a wiener-eating snap= ping turtle !!!<br> </font> </div> <br>I feel the extract below is where it= gets very dangerous for the<br>turtles sooner or later. At site #31 on Pes= kowesk Lake (Keji) there<br>was a large snapper that definitely visited the= "dock" routinely, for<br>food scraps etc., for a number of years. And then= it was gone.<br>Meaningless, yes, but these things are very long-lived &am= p; are the top<br>predator in their system.<br><br>A certain fraction of humans, even= in "back country" campers, are<br>idiots. Yes, I said that. And these turt= les are seriously scary to<br>some. We were definitely told by a park warde= n that a snapper at a<br>different site turned up with ax cuts in its back.= I believe it died.<br>And this was in Keji.<br><br>Rick W.<br><br>On Tue, = May 22, 2012 at 11:23 AM, Frederick W. Schueler <<a ymailto=3D"mailto:bc= kcdb@istar.ca" href=3D"mailto:bckcdb@istar.ca">bckcdb@istar.ca</a>> wrot= e:<br>> * here's Matt Keevil's response to this. Matt is doing his Ph.D.= on Snapping<br>> Turtle dispersal and population genetics in Algonquin = Park in Ontario.<br>><br>> fred.<br>...........................<br>&g= t; I've heard a bunch of stories of people hand feeding snappers and I susp= ect<br>> this sort of habituation might explain other instances of peopl= e reporting<br>> being approached by snappers.<br>............................<br><br><br> </div> </div> </div= ></body></html> ---2114655128-561389819-1337705155=:36069--
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