Alligator snapping turtle

Alligator snapping turtle

Alligator snapping turtle is sometimes called  " Dinosaur of turtle world " . It hides in water plants waiting for fish and when a fish come It captures suddenly. It is 0.83 meters long . It can cuts a human finger in one bite .

Distribution and habitat

 Alligator snapping turtle are found from East Texas east to the Florida panhandle, and north to southeastern Kansas, Missouri, southeastern Iowa, western Illinois, southern Indiana, western Kentucky, and western Tennessee. They are found on the Missouri River at least as far north as the Gavin Point Dam, the southernmost dam on the Missouri River at Yankton, South Dakota and are featured in the Gavin's Point Dam Aquarium.Typically, only nesting females will venture onto open land.

Diet

 Alligator snapping turtle natural diets consist primarily of fish and fish carcasses (often ones that are thrown back into the water by fishermen), molluscs, carrion, and amphibians, but they are also known to eat snakes,crayfish, worms, water birds, aquatic plants, and other turtles.

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