We call 'em alligator snappers down here and they get HUGE! The biggest I've ever seen in the wild was when Tony and I were gator hunting one night. We spotted something in the water, but couldn't tell what it was. The closer we got to it, the more it looked like a large, dinette or dining room type wooden table top floating on the surface. When we finally got up to it, we found it was a HUGE (dead) snapper. We thought about dragging it up to a nearby small island and stashing it someplace to return later for the shell, but between the smell and the fact we had gators to catch, we just left it floating. It was before the days of cell phone cameras, but I usually had a camera (film type) along with me, so I have no clue why I never took a flash pic of it. Here's what a big one (they get bigger) looks like.

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