thanks georgia aquarium

http://www.uga.edu/srelherp/turtles/pseflo.htm

1/20/2008 2:01:33 PM

That's not a cooter, that's a regular turtle.

This is a cooter:

1/20/2008 2:17:09 PM

man I love looking at cooters

1/20/2008 2:19:52 PM

SHOW ME YOUR COOTER!

^^and actually, cooters are a type of turtle. all you've posted is a picture of a snapping turtle. i guess rednecks have a thing for calling any type of turtle a cooter though.

1/20/2008 2:36:19 PM

I know a cooter is a type of turtle, . . . the type I just posted.

1/20/2008 2:43:20 PM

cooters refer to all turtles, but the first one that comes to ones mind is the snapping turtle. this is because when people say they are going cooter huntin they are going out for some snapping turtles. this is because they tend to get very large and tasty

1/20/2008 3:04:03 PM

Quote :

"Pseudemys is a genus of pond turtles also known as Cooter Turtles, especially in the state of Florida. (The word "cooter" may be used to refer to snapping turtles of the Chelydridae family elsewhere in the southeastern United States.) Cooter stems from kuta, the word for turtle in the Bambara and Malinké languages, brought to America by African slaves."

-wikipedia


Just in time for MLK day!

[Edited on January 20, 2008 at 3:09 PM. Reason : ]

1/20/2008 3:08:32 PM

i didn't know cooter was a turtle
ya learn something everyday

1/20/2008 3:55:41 PM

I had a bf tell my Daddy one time that he liked to eat cooter...


I wantd to hide under a rock!

1/20/2008 4:00:02 PM

Cooter, MO

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&q=cooter&ie=UTF8&ll=36.047433,-89.811258&spn=0.01558,0.039997&z=15&iwloc=addr&om=0

1/20/2008 4:02:24 PM

http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=114932&title=cooters

Somebody should embed this.

[Edited on January 20, 2008 at 6:49 PM. Reason : ]

1/20/2008 6:49:16 PM