Whatzit?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Still insecta?

[chuck]

Might be a "claw" or something from an aquatic arthropod?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Might be a "claw" or something from an aquatic arthropod?

That's where I was heading next - like a hermit crab

[webenda]

No, yes, yes, no, no, in the order presented above.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Pangolin?

[robert.]

Snapper

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Snapper

Turtle, right? Hmmm............

[webenda]

No, yes, yes.

Robert! Are you so familiar with snappers that you can recognize one by its toes?

[robert.]

Yes. I spent many nights sitting by the creek. With a clothes line and chicken legs. Tie the leg to the line and toss in. When the turtle bites pull him in real slow. Slow enough that he won’t let go. Summer fun redneck style.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Yes. I spent many nights sitting by the creek. With a clothes line and chicken legs. Tie the leg to the line and toss in. When the turtle bites pull him in real slow. Slow enough that he won’t let go. Summer fun redneck style.

And you made soup?

[webenda]

You can get a closer look by left clicking on the image and making a choice from the pop-up menu.

[robert.]

Yes. I spent many nights sitting by the creek. With a clothes line and chicken legs. Tie the leg to the line and toss in. When the turtle bites pull him in real slow. Slow enough that he won’t let go. Summer fun redneck style.

And you made soup?

Once. It's a lot of work. much easier to use turkey meat. We grew fond of having a few beers creek side and catching turtles. It was fun. Let them go and come back later for another round.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Yes. I spent many nights sitting by the creek. With a clothes line and chicken legs. Tie the leg to the line and toss in. When the turtle bites pull him in real slow. Slow enough that he won’t let go. Summer fun redneck style.

And you made soup?

Once. It's a lot of work. much easier to use turkey meat.

Not done it myself, making soup, but from what I've seen a read, yes; a lot of work.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Looked again at the cold, empty turtle, reptilian, eye(s). Those eyes certainly are not mammalian eyes. Seeing their emptiness makes me imagine and wonder how empty the eyes of the dinosaurs must have been, simply dedicated to killing, and eating, defending and, in some cases, pack-herding, possibly.

"Why did the turtle cross the road?' Did he have any idea? Maybe for prey? For companionship and friends, like mammals do? Doubtful (IMHO).

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Looked again at the cold, empty turtle, reptilian, eye(s). Those eyes certainly are not mammalian eyes. Seeing their emptiness makes me imagine and wonder how empty the eyes of the dinosaurs must have been, simply dedicated to killing, and eating, defending and, in some cases, pack-herding, possibly.

Same eyes in and across the board in Congress......