Snapping Turtle
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Movement
The Snapping Turtle moves with his four feet on land. In the water its a natural swimmer, it uses its webbed feet and its tail.
Habitat
The Snapping Turtle prefers muddy lakes and ponds, but will also live in slow moving rivers. Those environments are ideal for the Snapper.
Protection
The Snapping Turtle has a giant shell on is back that protects it from its very few predators. When the Snapping turtle is in the water it is relatively docile and doesnt go looking for trouble, but on land it is very aggressive because its very slow.
Gas Exchange
The turtle species all breathes through the mouth, and has lungs.
Food
The Snapping turtle is at the top of the food chain in its environment, when its an adult. It eats just about everything that is can but some more notable organisms are Bull Frogs and American Toads; it will occasionally eat a Large Mouth Bass.
Relationships
Normally the Snapping Turtle wont have a symbiotic relationship with other animals. It likes to be alone.
Lifecycle
Snapping Turtles start from eggs that are laid in a hole on the beach. Once hatched, the turtles are in a mad race to get from the beach to the water without getting eaten by all the predators. A lot of animals come and eat the turtles on the way to the water. After that the snapping turtles grow for about 30-40 years.
Reproduction