‘Dinosaur-like’ alligator snapping turtle mysteriously discovered in England



Alligator snapping turtles are typically found in America, and experts say they can bite through bone.

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31 comments

  1. Is that thing alive 😲🐢

  2. It will snap your finger or possibly your entire hand. Please be careful. On a side note they are very delicious!!! In a stew with fried catfish with potato salad. That’s how we eat them in Southeast Louisiana.

  3. Alligator snapping turtle we have them in Kentucky 😂

  4. Hope you give him hes space not always messing with him,

  5. Is it alive or dead? I didn’t see it move

  6. I HAVE IN MY HOUSE IN TIRANA-ALBANIA 12 TORTOISES.WIYH REGARDS ROLAND DURDA….

  7. Not just found in Florida, but in the majority of the southern U.S.

  8. I hope you release it. In Louisiana we have a lot of them and some are extremely huge and dangerous.

  9. I seriously doubt this thing is the Lord's creation. More like a creation caused by man inhumanity to the environment.

  10. Fluffy was much bigger in the uk media or is it just me

  11. Most likely came from the glaciers breaking off into the ocean

  12. somebody tried and failed to prank a scientist

  13. Plot twist. It is actually made of cake.

  14. By the thumbnail, I thought that the turtle was burnt bacon or chicharron 😂😅

  15. I was at a nature preserve a few years back…. It was the site of a decommissioned power plant… I Saw a little guy turtle that looked very similar…. It was totally black & the size of a tennis ball. I didnt touch him because i like my fingers.

  16. Snappy not to happy .

  17. We were always warned not to mess with a snapping turtle. Keep you fingers and toes away from his mouth, they said.

  18. Try putting your finger in his mouth .

  19. I had one in the road. Didn’t want him to get hit, I tried moving him by picking him up by the tail. Big mistake. That head came out and stretched around attempting to remove my fingers. I then used a shovel.

  20. You can order those online, not surprised one got across the ocean

  21. A snapping turlaaaaa! 😂 sorry I couldn’t help it

  22. such a florida thing to do for a floridian turtle