Long necked turtle

Wow! look at that neck....

Does it think its a swan?

Wow I see how it got its name!

great shot Gillian

Are they errrrrr - dangerous and wild? I am quaking with fear here! lol

Is it REAL ..........very strange .....!

Quite real! The ones to watch out for though are the snapping turtles, could take your fingers off!

Oh my! This is an unusual one. I'm not sure I'd be comfortable with it. That neck looks fragile all stretched out.

That guy sure is stretching his neck out. Not frightening to me.Gillian your are so right on! (Would you adopt me! I so much would rather be in Canada.)

I used to swim in Pennsylvania streams with water moccasins gliding past. Never a problem --until I stepped on a snapping turtle. Luckily for me it was a small one. It had clamped on my big toe and nothing would make it let go. Finally I smashed it with a big rock. Never had a problem with rattlers or snakes, but turtles can be mean!

As far as stretching ones neck out, I have a pic of an unfortunate beaver story. It was one of those bad day pics.

Skyline, that's quite a snapping turtle story. Those things are scary!
You probably wouldn't like Canada at the moment, it's VERY cold!

Ya, and thanks much for sending it my way. I wouldn.t mind some rocks, but the weather forcast has been a WEATHER ALERT. Over seven days in a row were the high might be freezing, some days 27 F. as the high. Lows in the 17.F range. This is for an entire week.

Add snow and high winds. Expect power outages! Thanks a lot Canada. How many Hurricanes do we send through to you. Even Tornado's usually are absorbed here before being exported. Your Arctic Express's are a gift I can do without.