Snapping Turtle
We found this Common Snapping Turtle travelling around between homes and ponds in Melbourne, Florida in September 2019.
Alligator Snapping Turtle vs Common Snapping Turtle from Brave Wilderness on YouTube
The Alligator Snapping Turtle
The Alligator Snapping Turtle has ridges along its shell, a forceful beak, and is the largest freshwater turtle in North America. Alligator Snapping Turtles can live to be 50-100 years old.
The Common Snapping Turtle has a much smoother shell, a forceful beak too but the Common Snapping Turtle can "snap" out in a "frog's tongue like" way where the Alligator Snapper can open its mouth much wider and not jut it out in a snap.
The Common Snapping Turtle can live from about 30 years in the wild to about 47 in captivity. These reptiles are omnivores and live in north, central, and south United States.
CU on the Beach! Wavecritter aka Stephanie Haile
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