Showing posts with label Alligator Snapping Turtles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Alligator Snapping Turtles. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Alligator Snapping Turtles, by Aiden



Alligator Snapping Turtles
by Aiden
 
Alligator snapping turtles have lots of features. Snapping turtles` colors  are brown  and blackish. Also, snapping turtles have a lot  of pointy teeth. Their mouths and heads are large. Alligator snapping turtles lay eight eggs. They live in freshwater.

Alligator snapping turtles have weird diets. Alligator snapping turtles eat frogs, snakes, snails, clams and worms. Also, they are one of the furious predators.

Snapping turtles have a few behaviors. They swim very fast.  Also they don’t like people picking them up. They like to be around female snapping turtles. They stick their tongues out as bait.

Snapping turtles have lots of predators. Its predators are human beings. Many snakes eat snapping turtle babies.






                              
   They have one habitat. Alligator snapping turtles live in swamps. 




     


Saturday, March 9, 2013

Alligator Snapping Turtles, by Tobias


Alligator Snapping Turtles
by Tobias

Alligator snapping  turtles are big and strong.  Alligator snapping turtles weigh from 155 pounds to 175 pounds.  They have very strong jaws and big heads.

Alligator snapping turtles live in many different places.  They live in river, canals, lakes,  and swamps.  They spend some time on land.  They live in the southeast part of Georgia.

Alligator snapping turtles eat almost everything.   they  eat frogs, snakes, snails, clams, crayfish, aquatic plants, and baby alligators.  The zoo feeds them mice, worms, and fish.  

Alligator snapping turtles have a few predators.  When they first hatch they already have predators like large fish, raccoons, and birds.