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  2. Common snapping turtle - Wikipedia

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    Eggs A juvenile common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina) on a hiking path at Illinois Beach State Park. Common snapping turtles have few predators when older, but eggs are subject to predation by crows, American mink, skunks, foxes, and raccoons. [19] Egg predators use three types of cues to locate turtle nests:

  3. Alligator snapping turtle - Wikipedia

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    The alligator snapping turtle is most vulnerable to predators before and shortly after hatching. The eggs can be eaten by birds or mammals. The risk of predation decreases as the turtle gets bigger, so the adult turtle does not have as many predators. [ 5 ]

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

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    Additionally, though adult snapping turtles have few predators aside from humans, babies are preyed upon by a large number of carnivorous mammal species like foxes, minks, fishers, coyotes, and ...

  5. Aggressive mimicry - Wikipedia

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    The alligator snapping turtle (Macrochelys temminckii) is a well-camouflaged ambush predator. Its tongue bears a conspicuous pink extension that resembles a worm and can be wriggled around; [ 13 ] fish that try to eat the "worm" are themselves eaten by the turtle.

  6. Gulf snapping turtle - Wikipedia

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    The Gulf snapping turtle is a large, brown to dark brown, short-necked turtle. Its carapace , or upper shell, reaches 35 centimetres (14 in) in straight carapace length; it has an undulating suture between the humeral and pectoral shields in the white plastron , or under shell. [ 12 ]

  7. Asheville scientist combats illegal turtle trafficking with ...

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    The $100K in prize money will go toward the development of a genomic database for three of the most poached turtle species in the U.S.: Eastern box turtles, alligator snapping turtles and Blanding ...

  8. Ambush predator - Wikipedia

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    The alligator snapping turtle is a well-camouflaged ambush predator. Its tongue bears a conspicuous pink extension that resembles a worm and can be wriggled around; [ 17 ] fish that try to eat the "worm" are themselves eaten by the turtle.

  9. Meet 'Chonkosaurus,' the viral Chicago River snapping turtle

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    A massive snapping turtle lounging on a bed of rusty chains in the Chicago River has won hearts on the internet after a viral video circulated Twitter.