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Its mouth looks like a trap - then its tongue starts moving like live bait

The alligator snapping turtle can weigh up to 90 kilograms, yet it doesn't need speed to catch its prey. Instead, it waits ...
The Daily Gazette

Trapping bill is threat to snapping turtles, already endangered

Assembly Bill A2490-2013 would amend the New York State Environmental Conservation Law to allow trappers to take snapping turtles, our state reptile. Turtles already are under pressure globally, with ...
Times Union

Letter: Kill plan to trap snapping turtles

Kudos to the Senate Environmental Conservation Committee and Chair Sen. Mark J. Grisanti, R-Buffalo, for holding back a destructive bill to legalize the lethal trapping of our state reptile, the ...
Center for Biological Diversity

Suwannee Alligator Snapping Turtle Protected as Threatened

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— Following a petition and agreement with the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today protected the Suwannee alligator snapping turtle as ...
Houston Chronicle

Why there's new hope for this once-hunted species in Texas

They may look like prehistoric bruisers with faces only a biologist could love, but alligator snapping turtles are proving they're more than just brawn. According to new research from the Texas Parks ...
WCAX

Vermont families trap, study turtles at Salisbury conservation event

SALISBURY, Vt. (WCAX) - Kids and parents gathered at a pond off Leland Road in Salisbury Sunday morning for an up-close look at some of Vermont’s turtles and amphibians during the Salisbury ...