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.
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.
There’s a whole group of turtles that fold their necks into their shells sideways rather than pulling them straight back (called sidenecks). Several of them have very long necks that they can fold back into their shell and then shoot out to grab passing prey. Snakeneck turtles have truly impressive neck reaches.
“Don’t mind me, Mr. Fish, I just have a short little neck I definitely couldn’t reach all the way over…”
“JUST KIDDING YES I CAN”
They have such cute creepy little faces. If they didn’t all get so big I would love to have one (puts another turtle on my Someday list).
The other trouble is that snakenecks can sometimes be a bit nippy and since their necks are long enough to reach all the way to the back of their shell NOWHERE IS SAFE.
THIS FUCKER WAS ON THE AMAZING WORLD OF GUMBALL I HAD NIGHTMARES ABOUT THIS LITTLE SHIT
The turtle on The Amazing World of Gumball was actually an African softshell, which is a whole different world of creepiness (I can’t add pictures on mobile, but google it, seriously those things are massive and terrifying).
Turns out there are actually a lot of creepy long-necked turtles.
THIS is the turtle from The Amazing World of Gumball
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