Turtle, 1 -- Gator, 0


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Wildlife photographer Patrick Castleberry captured images of a titanic tussle between an eastern river cooter turtle and a 6-foot alligator in Georgia?s Okefenokee Swamp. Surprise, surprise ? the turtle won (in that it didn?t end up in the gator?s belly). After 15 minutes of trying to crack the turtle?s shell in its jaw, the gator finally gave up and went on its way in search of something a bit softer on the outside. Castleberry spoke with the U.K.?s Daily Mail about the confrontation. ?It was definitely turtle one, alligator nil,? he said.

http://news.yahoo.co...tack-slideshow/

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Turtles have been around for >220 million years for one reason: the g**damned shell works.

except against humans, and indeed some of their species goes extincts because of humans.

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Turtles have been around for >220 million years for one reason: the g**damned shell works.

until you get em on their backs >.>
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Maybe, but he'd have a problem with a big alligator snapping turtle. Some have long enough necks to reach around and bite back, and a big one can take a huge chunk of flesh - human or 'gator. There are reports of these up to 400 lbs.

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It's not surprising the alligator couldn't crack the shell. Most of the time, it's hard to get inside of a cooter... :shifty:

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