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Meet the snapping turtle who lives in my university’s pond.

I found a friend in the university turtle pond! Common snapping turtle, I think. Put him back after taking the photo.

tastefullyoffensive:

Meet Frank. (photos by OhSweetFancy)

This may be my new favorite post.

Not a frog obviously but I saw this prehistoric good boy today and thought maybe you’d all be delighted to see him as I was! He’s a snapping turtle that lives in the artificial lake next to the Olive Garden.

speciesofleastconcern:

beardycarrot:

This is an Alligator Snapping Turtle. This is why you don’t go swimming in Florida rivers or lakes unless you can see the bottom.

Can she taste the pineapple?

They can get almost four feet long, and they’re endangered. They also have small, worm-shaped lures on their tongues, which they use to lure fish into their mouth so they can chomp the fish in half and eat it. Hence the bite force- they need to be able to bite a fish head off in one go. One that size could remove your fingers, a full-size one could badly break and nearly remove your hand.