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  2. Common snapping turtle - Wikipedia

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    The common snapping turtle, as its name implies, is the most widespread. [4] The common snapping turtle is noted for its combative disposition when out of the water with its powerful beak-like jaws, and highly mobile head and neck (hence the specific epithet serpentina, meaning "snake-like"). In water, it is likely to flee and hide underwater ...

  3. Alligator snapping turtle - Wikipedia

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    Alligator snapping turtles have been found throughout Italy beginning in the early 2000s. [41] Certain EU countries have strong laws against keeping the alligator snapping turtle without permission, as it is an invasive species. [42] In February 2024, a single male was found in Urswick Tarn in Cumbria, England. [43]

  4. Red-eared slider - Wikipedia

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    Red-eared slider turtles are considered a significant threat to native turtle species; they mature more quickly, grow larger, produce more offspring, and are more aggressive. [50] Numerous studies indicate that red-eared slider turtles can out-compete native turtles for food and nesting and basking sites. [ 51 ]

  5. Rare Video of Newborn Snapping Turtles Entering the World Is ...

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    Snapping turtles can go for months without breathing in the cold winter months where they may be trapped under pond ice. They eat a large variety of foods, from fish, small animals, and birds, to ...

  6. Turtle - Wikipedia

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    Some species, such as the African helmeted turtle and snapping turtles, eat fish, amphibians, reptiles (including other turtles), birds, and mammals. They may take them by ambush but also scavenge. [60] The alligator snapping turtle has a worm-like appendage on its tongue that it uses to lure fish into its mouth.

  7. Meet ‘Chonkosaurus,’ the viral Chicago River snapping turtle

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    A massive snapping turtle lounging in the Chicago River, dubbed Chonkosaurus, has won hearts on the internet.

  8. Serpent Safari - Wikipedia

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    Serpent Safari was a reptile zoo located inside the Gurnee Mills Mall in Gurnee, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago.The zoo advertised itself as "America's Finest Reptile Zoo". The zoo housed some rare specimens, including the world's heaviest snake (over 375 lbs. as of February 2010), an albino alligator, and an alligator snapping turtle estimated at a 150 years old.

  9. Macrochelys - Wikipedia

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    Skeleton of an alligator snapping turtle (Macrochelys temminckii) on display at the Museum of OsteologyTraditionally, only a single extant species (M. temminckii) was recognized, but following reviews, two species are now recognized: [4] [5] Anatomical differences between the two species of Macrochelys include the shape of the caudal notch at the rear of the carapace and the angle of the ...