Georgia Police Officers Prove Their Own Point While Wrangling a Snapping Turtle on the Road

There are calls that cops train for, and then there are calls that no academy on earth could truly prepare you for. When ...
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Its fearsome hooked jaw crushes with devastating power to bite through bone, something a 15 year-old American boy found to his cost.

The alligator snapping turtle looks as though it could have been created for a Sci-Fi/Dinosaur crossover film or conjured ...
UPI

Alligator snapping turtle found in Massachusetts pond

May 22 (UPI) --Wildlife officials in Massachusetts were called out to an Essex County pond to capture an unusual non-native animal: a nearly 60-pound alligator snapping turtle. The Massachusetts ...
Wicked Local

Endangered alligator snapping turtle found in Massachusetts

Earlier this spring an Essex County resident notified MassWildlife of a snapping turtle acting oddly in their yard and asked for help. What MassWildlife staff found was a female alligator snapping ...
WTEN

Snapping turtle hit on Rensselaer Co. road passes away

AVERILL PARK, N.Y. (NEWS10) — A nearly 70-year-old injured snapping turtle has passed away at a Massachusetts rescue after being saved from Methodist Farm Road in Averill Park on Tuesday. The ...
WOOD-TV

Giant snapping turtle rescued from Lake Michigan released back into wild

GRAND HAVEN, Mich. (WOOD) — Doug the Tank, a snapping turtle that went viral across West Michigan, has been released back in the wild. The Michigan Amphibian & Reptile Sanctuary announced that the ...
Detroit Free Press

Flooding left snapping turtle stranded on beach, but now he's home

A snapping turtle that apparently had been displaced by spring flooding has been rescued from the Lake Michigan shoreline and placed back into more suitable habitat. “Doug the Tank”, a 33-pound ...
WZZM

Snapping turtle found struggling on Lake MI shoreline back in his natural habitat

GRAND HAVEN, Mich. — About a month ago, Doug, a large common snapping turtle, was found struggling along the shoreline of Lake Michigan near Grand Haven after being displaced by heavy flooding in the ...
AOL

Why Did This Alligator Snapping Turtle Need a “Monster” Pedicure?

A giant alligator snapping turtle. About 3 years old. Not really aggressive but can bite your fingers© Daranamnam/Shutterstock.com It's not every day that you see an alligator snapping turtle get a ...
WOWT.com

Schramm Education Center mourns nearly 100-year-old snapping turtle

GRETNA, Neb. (WOWT) - Staff at the Schramm Education Center near Gretna are remembering a snapping turtle believed to be close to 100 years old. Staff and visitors referred to the turtle as “Big Snap ...
Outdoor Life

Big Snap Daddy, the World’s Largest Snapping Turtle, Has Died. He Had a Good Run

On Tuesday the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission announced the death of what’s believed to be the world’s largest common snapping turtle, a prehistoric-looking specimen known as Big Snap Daddy. The ...
WOOD-TV

Giant snapping turtle rescued on Lake Michigan beach

GRAND HAVEN, Mich. (WOOD) — A giant snapping turtle is going viral across West Michigan after he was brought to a local sanctuary last week. The Michigan Amphibian & Reptile Sanctuary says its ...