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dpack



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PostPosted: Fri Feb 16, 24 7:26 pm    Post subject: meet fluffy Reply with quote
    

in some ways i rather like random migrants, they follow all the previous ones

reps are ok, if rather alien and often less than cuddly

fluffy got noticed, there are plenty rellies that arrived during the "mutant turtle" craze

quite a while back a colony of snappers found a clapham pond was a rather nice new habitat, im not sure if they were removed

fluffy

Mistress Rose



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PostPosted: Sat Feb 17, 24 9:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

What on earth is that? I don't think it looks the sort of thing I would like to meet in any pond.

dpack



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PostPosted: Sat Feb 17, 24 1:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

alligator snapping turtle is the "common name", they have a latin one for posh

that one was noticed in a lake district tarn, so i guess maritime weather and a bit of global warming have provided it a habitat in a new land
they come from the swamps of the southern USA where they are more feared than the gators and big snakes by skinny-dipping and bushcrafty locals

as they do not look like alligators, the name is perhaps based on habits rather than looks.

fluffy is quite a small one, big uns can bite through a canoe paddle or take an adult hand in one chomp

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Mistress Rose



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PostPosted: Sun Feb 18, 24 8:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Well at least it is unlikely that we will get more than one or two released into the wild in the UK then. The temperature is not consistently high enough for the eggs to hatch.

dpack



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PostPosted: Sun Feb 18, 24 8:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

reps have been around for a long time and have discovered assorted ingenious ways to care for their eggs/youngsters

it is not impossible that there are suitable microclimates in the uk for quite a few types of "alien" reps to breed successfully if a pregnant female gets lucky with a random location and the conditions are good for a mixed male/female litter

i can think of a swamp in kernow that would be perfect for them

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