Aligator snapping turtle

• The alligator snapping turtle is the largest freshwater turtle in the world and lives in the US. It eats mollusks, fish, snakes, snails, crayfish, insects, other turtles, small alligators, opossums, raccoons, mice, squirrels, nutrias, muskrats, armadillos, wild grape, water hickory, pecans, amphibians, and locust. There average weight is between 155 and 175 pounds. They live in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Texas. A wild fact about the alligator snapping turtle Is one was found and It weighed 403 LBS. They can grow to be 10 to 13 inches tall.

  

  Alligator snapping turtle resting on a bank