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Alligator snapping turtles do not provide parental care for their young. After laying eggs, the female leaves the nest, and the hatchlings are independent from the moment they emerge. They rely on their own instincts for survival, including finding food and avoiding predators. This lack of nurturing is common among many turtle species.
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How long are alligator snapping turtles at birth?
When young alligator snapping turtles hatch, they are two to three inches long.
How do you tell the difference between a baby common snapping turtle and a baby alligator snapping turtle?
Aligator snapping turtles and regular snapping turtles can be told apart by the tail on the aligator snapping turtle, which is longer with jagged spines. Its tail resembles an aligators thus the name aligator snapping turtle. It also has a more defined shell when its young so it will have larger looking spines than a regular snapping turtle. Hope this helps. Common snapping turtles have a pinkish mouth and alligater snapping turtles have brownish mouth
What are snapping turtles' young called?
troops
Do alligator snapping turtles live in families?
For the most part alligators live on their own, but the young live with their mothers for a few moths after hatching.
What is the predator of a turtle?
Foxes, Raccoons and opossums will eat young turtles. A normal adult alligator snapping turtle only needs to worry about getting made into turtle soup by a human.
What snaping turtles eat?
Snapping turtles are carnivorous, and eat mainly fish, amphibians, invertebrates (when young), and carrion.
Should young painted turtles be released in a pond with mature snapping turtles?
Absolutely not unless you want them to die.
Do mama snapping turtles teach their young how to snap?
Nope - they do that just by instinct.
What animals prey on Alligator snapping turtle?
Alligator snapping turtles reach maturity at around 12 years old. Once maturity is reached, these turtles are virtually indestructible so logic would tell you, the natural predators would have to make there advances before that age. The mother can lay up to 55 eggs at a time, out of these (optimal) 55 eggs, only 10 or so will survive. Once these little turtles emerge, large water snakes such as the Florida Green Watersnake, American Alligators, American Crocodiles, or maybe even a large chicken hawk could eat a young Alligator Snapping Turtle. Though, there's not many cases where a wild animal cares to harass a fully grown Alligator Snapping Turtle (besides humans) because such an encounter would probably yield no positive results!
Do snapping turtles leave there babies behind after birth?
No, as soon as they hatch there able to take care of them selves,
What eats snapping turtles?
Snapping turtles will try to eat anything it can get its jaws on. (Be careful with your fingers!) But I would recommend feeding it bugs and meat. I would also recommend not having a snapping turtle as a pet, since they are aggressive.
What animal eats the American alligator?
Adult gators can be preyed on by larger gators and occasionally pythons (though large gators often will make a meal out of the big snake than the snake will be making a meal out of it!!). Young gators or hatchlings are targets for snapping turtles, egrets and herons, carnivorous fish like the alligator gar and catfish, other gators, etc.
