[Bangla Daily Star] They're called 'snapping' turtles for a very good reason, but this hapless animal lover just had to find out the hard way and ended up in hospital. The Chinese man was reportedly releasing the ferocious-looking creature into the wild but decided he had to give it a goodbye kiss first.How do you say "wotta maroon!" in Chinese?
这是栗色!
Unfortunately the love was not exactly required and the snapping turtle did what snapping turtles do and snapped him on the lip.
"Owwww!"
"Wang! What's wrong?"
"MUH LIBB!"
The man, from Fujian province, was left with the turtle dangling from his face refusing to release its powerful, pincer-like jaws.
"What?"
"MUH LIBB! MUH LIBB!"
Eventually the animal was prized away from the unfortunate man who was immediately rushed to hospital.
"Hullo? 911? There's a guy here with a snapping turtle hangin' from his lip1"
"Nah. Y'got the wrong number! This is 912!"
A friend then posted the picture on the internet to warn people of the dangers of kissing snapping turtles.
Good advice, that. I'm sure we've all considered it once or twice...
According to the Shanghai Daily the animal appeared to be an alligator snapping turtle which are native to North America and known to be highly dangerous.
"Oh, surely they're just misunderstood! Watch how they respond to a little love and affection!... Owww! MUH LIBB!"
They are the largest freshwater turtles in the world and can grow to more than half-a-metre in length and live to be 160 years old. But they are most known for their powerful jaws which are strong enough to bite through a broomstick handle.
| And the idiot released one of those into foreign climes? Ah well, in the Florida Everglades we have problems with foreign snakes eating our native alligators, over in China they can just lose what's left of their native river dolphins and other wildlife over the next century and a half. |