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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. 25 Turtles in Texas - AOL

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    You can identify a snapping turtle by its beak-like mouth and its long legs, neck, and tail. It also has solid claws and a dark green or brown shell. Snapping turtles are freshwater turtles that ...

  5. Chelydridae - Wikipedia

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    The Chelydridae is a family of turtles that has seven extinct and two extant genera. The extant genera are the snapping turtles, Chelydra and Macrochelys. Both are endemic to the Western Hemisphere. The extinct genera are Acherontemys, Chelydrops, Chelydropsis, Emarginachelys, Macrocephalochelys, Planiplastron, and Protochelydra.

  6. 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 ...

  7. Chelydra - Wikipedia

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    Chelydra is one of the two extant genera of the snapping turtle family, Chelydridae, the other being Macrochelys, the much larger alligator snapping turtle. [1] The snapping turtles are native to the Americas, with Chelydra having three species, one in North America and two in Central America, one of which is also found in northwestern South America.

  8. Dogwalker shell shocked to find alligator snapping turtle in ...

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    Alligator snapping turtles are said to look like dinosaurs because they have spiky shells and primitive-looking faces. The animals, which are found in Florida as well as South America, have three ...

  9. 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.