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appalachiablue

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1. Big boy Lord Fairfax was getting by quite well

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Tue Jun 16, 2020, 08:03 AM

Jun 2020

all those years, in Alexandria and wherever else he lived.

When we were little kids, dad and uncles would tease us about the 'snapping turtles' in a large freshwater pond where they fished and we swam. Sure enough we kids were on the lookout, or toe-out when swimming. Man in open nature, the ideal environment.

- Alligator snapping turtle v. the standard snapping turtle.

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65-Pound Alligator Snapping Turtle Named 'Lord Fairfax' Found Wandering In Alexandria [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2020 OP

Big boy Lord Fairfax was getting by quite well appalachiablue Jun 2020 #1

Lord Fairfax was lucky to be found, reports @postmetrogirl . mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2020 #2