Q Talk

[Seminole2]

Shawn said at the start of the show the other night and for those that were part of her melt down the other night that her daughter is fine.  Nothing really bad and she will be fine.  She said the turtle was huge and was not sure why it was even in their back yard.  I will assume it is mating season and the same reason why we have had 2 alligators roaming our streets the last week. Trying to get from one pond to another.  I am glad that her daughter will be fine. 

[PA Mom-mom]

Speaking of snappers...there's a 300 year old restaurant in Montgomery County, PA  that serves the BEST Snapper Soup. If you are ever in the area, check out the William Penn Inn in Gwynedd, PA.

I recently tried my hand at making the soup, and it was barely edible. But I can attest to the soup at the William Penn Inn.

[FancyPhillyshopper]

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@PA Mom-mom wrote:

Speaking of snappers...there's a 300 year old restaurant in Montgomery County, PA  that serves the BEST Snapper Soup. If you are ever in the area, check out the William Penn Inn in Gwynedd, PA.

I recently tried my hand at making the soup, and it was barely edible. But I can attest to the soup at the William Penn Inn.

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Yes, William Penn Inn is wonderful, and one of our favorite restaurants for special occasions.  I could never eat snapper soup, however, because I had pet turtles as a child.

Snapper turtles will not bite you if you stay away from them and do not make them feel threatened. However, I am sure young children are curious, and want to get close. 

[Kachina624]

@PA Mom-mom.  I've eaten the holiday buffet at the William Penn Inn a couple of times but no snapper soup.  That wouldn't be on my radar.

[Icegoddess]

And I would've thought Snapper soup referred to the fish, not the turtle.  

[PA Mom-mom]

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@Icegoddess wrote:

And I would've thought Snapper soup referred to the fish, not the turtle.  

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@Icegoddess  I think a lot of people think that as well. The menu at the Wm. Penn Inn makes it clear that it is turtle soup. 

[Shelbelle]

I saw it too, it happened last Sat night, when Shawn came on the air at 7 ET she was frantic and said she just had gotten the call from Joe telling her about 
Jagger's bite, and he sent a pix of the turtle, which she shared a few times on the air. She said she really had no experience with this and wanted to know what to do, if he took her to the ER it was smart thing to do, Shawn was concerned over rabies.  And for sure she wanted the turtle removed from her back yard ASAP, maybe animal control needed to be involved in that.  

[skatting44]

  Funny , just last weekend, the biggest  snapping turtle that I have ever seen was in the middle of  my road .  I stopped  and a neighbor stopped and grabed it by it's tail  and gently swung it on to the  grass area  across  the road.

[Parischic]

Do snapping turtles go after people or pets during mating season?

[PJinIA]

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@skatting44 wrote:

  Funny , just last weekend, the biggest  snapping turtle that I have ever seen was in the middle of  my road .  I stopped  and a neighbor stopped and grabed it by it's tail  and gently swung it on to the  grass area  across  the road.

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I know people are just trying to help the turtles but after googling the best way to move snapping turtles and talking to a DNR official this is what I found. 

You should never pick a turtle up by its tail. It can dislocate its spine, and the turtle will die a slow, painful death.