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Chelydra serpentina
The Snapping Turtle can grow to a very large size, 20-40 cm on average. It's shell is dark brown, rough and usually covered in algae. The Snapping Turtle can be found in waters ranging from slow moving rivers to stagnate ponds. Although this turtle has received a bad reputation for allegedly biting swimmers and eating baby ducks in reality it is very shy in the water and will retreat from anything except lunch. On land, when threatened it will live up to it's reputation by snapping and hissing while standing on all fours and rocking back and forth. Basically Snapping Turtles eat carrion, their reputation for killing baby ducks could only come from an over abundance or a number of sick baby ducks and only when the Snappers' other food resources are depleted.
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∙ 9y agoThey live in water where they get a lot of sand. They definitely don't live in salt water,they live in fresh water lakes for sure where there's a lot of fish.
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∙ 9y agoin a swamp or pond mostly murky water.
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What kind of turtles live in salt water?
Snapping turtles
What kind of fish do snapping turtles eat?
small ones
What kind of turtle live in fresh water?
snapping turtles i think
How do snapping turtles respond to stimulus?
well it depends on what kind of stimulus
What is the difference between a snapping turtle and an alligator snapping turtle?
Alligator snapping turtles are larger and have much stronger bites. Alligator snapping turtle also live longer than common snapping turtles. Alligator snapping turtles can live to be 100 at the longest while the common snapping turtle lives to be around 70 at the maximum. Alligator snapping turtles have smaller shells and bigger heads. Common snapping turtles have the oppisite.
What kind of climate do turtles live in?
a snapping turtle lives in shallow waters. Thank you for asking.
What kinds of habitat do sea turtles like?
The wet kind of sea.
What kind of turtle eats frogs?
Snappers are one kind of turtle that eats frogs.Specifically, the term snappers functions as a common name for snapping turtles. It is used to refer to alligator (Macrochelys temminckii) and common (Chelydra serpentina) snapping turtles. Both share an appreciation for amphibians in general and frogs in particular when it comes to prey.
What kinds turtles have long tails?
An example of that would be the Snapping Turtle. That sucker will break tour burn if he bites you, so be careful
What kind of habitat does aquatic turtles live in?
Mostly in salty water bodies
What kind of music do snapping turtles like?
i was informed that they only listen to gucci mane Micheal Jackson and Justin bieber
What kind of turtles live in Indiana?
It is illegal in the State of Indiana to sell native species of turtles, and their subspecies, regardless of whether they are captive-bred or wild-caught. Native turtles include red-eared sliders, painted turtles, map turtles, common snapping turtles, and box turtles. Even if the turtle is not native to Indiana, the FDA prohibits the selling of turtles with a shell under four (4) inches in length in an effort to prevent contact with turtles carrying the Salmonella bacteria.
