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The alligator snapping turtle is the biggest freshwater turtle in North America, growing up to about 165 pounds (75kg). It is of the family Chelydridae.

The sea turtle is a saltwater turtle of the family Chelonioidea. The biggest can be up to 1600 lbs (700kg), almost ten times bigger than the other.

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the difference is that sea turtles have flippers and fresh water turtles have claws, and because sea turtles lay 1-200 eggs freshwater only lay 2-18.

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Sea turtles are simply turtles that lives in the ocean.

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One is a reptile, one is a mollusk.

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