Because people hunt and most people kill them for there meat because how common they soon did they know that they hunt them to much for there meat they became endanger
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yes. alligator snapping turtles are endangered and should be protected.
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
They are endangered in several states including Illinois, and in many other states they are considered a threatened species.
aligator snapping turtle
No, alligator snapping turtles do not typically live in the Midwest United States. They are primarily found in the southeastern U.S., particularly in rivers and lakes in states like Florida, Louisiana, and Texas. Their habitat preference is for slow-moving freshwater environments. In the Midwest, you might find other species of snapping turtles, but not the alligator snapping turtle.
alligator snapping turtles are an important part of the ecosystem and help keep the food chain in lined. theyare also endangered and should be protected as all animals should.
Since the nineteenth and twentieth century.
Crocodile snapping turtles do not exist. Only Alligator snapping turtles do.
The IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) lists the Alligator Snapping Turtle as vulnerable, but not in immediate danger of extinction. They may be endangered in certain areas, however.
Turtles are omnivores.
snapping turtles do have cells.