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Arkansas River Monster

Posted on 5/24/20 at 5:11 pm
Posted by pioneerbasketball
Team Bunchie
Member since Oct 2005
132536 posts
Posted on 5/24/20 at 5:11 pm
SIAP



Posted by Rize
Spring Texas
Member since Sep 2011
15835 posts
Posted on 5/24/20 at 5:16 pm to
Damn!
Posted by farad
St George
Member since Dec 2013
9750 posts
Posted on 5/24/20 at 5:16 pm to
that's a dinosaur...any additional info on it?...
Posted by pioneerbasketball
Team Bunchie
Member since Oct 2005
132536 posts
Posted on 5/24/20 at 5:21 pm to
Found on Saline River in Arkansas.

quote:

found him floating.
I didn't see any wounds or trauma tho. I ride the river every day and its the first time i seen him. Seen a soft shell that was twice the size as any ive ever seen a couple weeks ago. It was real cool.
Posted by farad
St George
Member since Dec 2013
9750 posts
Posted on 5/24/20 at 5:56 pm to
thanks Pio...wonder how old that one is...just wow...
Posted by Simmesport
ElDorado Ar
Member since Aug 2019
262 posts
Posted on 5/24/20 at 6:06 pm to
How for down are you on the saline.
Posted by deeprig9
Unincorporated Ozora, Georgia
Member since Sep 2012
64190 posts
Posted on 5/24/20 at 6:18 pm to
I thought the larger alligator snappers were out of range for arky which means that's a world record regular snapper or alligator snappers live hundreds of miles outside their official range.
Posted by NewIberiaHaircut
Lafayette
Member since May 2013
11578 posts
Posted on 5/24/20 at 6:20 pm to
Damn, that’s crazy! I’d probably poop a little if I saw that thing swim under my boat.
Posted by rsbd
banks of the Mississippi
Member since Jan 2007
22177 posts
Posted on 5/24/20 at 6:27 pm to
Probably 80-90 years old. May have just died of old age..
Posted by TigerAxeOK
Where I lay my head is home.
Member since Dec 2016
24969 posts
Posted on 5/24/20 at 6:28 pm to
And ^^^ THAT ^^^ is why I do not noodle.
Posted by crimsonsaint
Member since Nov 2009
37265 posts
Posted on 5/24/20 at 6:41 pm to
That’s awesome. Why is the shell discolored?
Posted by Ron Cheramie
The Cajun Hedgehog
Member since Aug 2016
5150 posts
Posted on 5/24/20 at 6:45 pm to
The scutes have fallen off of it. Been dead a while
Posted by crimsonsaint
Member since Nov 2009
37265 posts
Posted on 5/24/20 at 6:46 pm to
I gotcha. Thanks!
Posted by pioneerbasketball
Team Bunchie
Member since Oct 2005
132536 posts
Posted on 5/24/20 at 6:53 pm to
It was taken from Facebook.

I'm on the banks of the white river.
Posted by tenfoe
Member since Jun 2011
6854 posts
Posted on 5/24/20 at 8:01 pm to
quote:

why I do not noodle.


Good. More for us that do
Posted by Outdoorreb
Member since Oct 2019
2565 posts
Posted on 5/24/20 at 8:45 pm to
It’s an alligator snapping turtle. You can tell by the ridges on it’s shell. Commons will have them when they real small, but lose them as they get older.
Posted by TigrrrDad
Member since Oct 2016
7136 posts
Posted on 5/24/20 at 8:50 pm to
Nah...pretty sure that’s an ankylosaurus.
Posted by Junky
Louisiana
Member since Oct 2005
8394 posts
Posted on 5/24/20 at 8:57 pm to
Those are the kind I wouldn't kill, just release. They got to that size/age, let them be.
Posted by TutHillTiger
Mississippi Alabama
Member since Sep 2010
43700 posts
Posted on 5/24/20 at 9:24 pm to
Ok that is freaking monster, it could snap off a freaking head instead of just a hand
Posted by auggie
Opelika, Alabama
Member since Aug 2013
28139 posts
Posted on 5/24/20 at 9:33 pm to
I stepped on one once when I was wading, I thought it was a big rock until it started moving. I'm sure it wasn't as big as that one was, but it was pretty big. I felt lucky it didn't decide to bite my foot off.
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