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Hello, forgive me if I ask you, Clint. But I have a question. Is it true that a Hybrid of Common Snapping Turtle and Alligator Snapping Turtle really exist ?
@@GayleenFroese great, now we not only have to deal a certain virus that caused a pandemic, we also have to deal with angry stone fish!? life is rough.
As kids in Jacksonville, FL, my brother and I would catch them and bring them home in shopping carts, only to be told we couldn't keep them. We'd disconsolately take them back to the creeks and ditches and let them go. They were probably 75 to 100 lb monsters, so big it would take a 9 and an 11 year together to pick them up. How each of us has 10 fingers to this day is a miracle.
I love that the turtle is just sitting there hoping that Clint sticks his finger in there for a snack Once I met a common one, the one with the long neck. He would snap anything poked into his tank but, when his owners took him out he was just like a puppy. Scoot around and was very friendly
There's a GIANT wild common snapping turtle that hangs out where I fish on the Red Cedar River, and she's used to people, seems to like hanging out, and is very non-threatening in her behavior. I call her Queen Lovechunks. I've given her a few bluegills, but next time I see her I'll give her some fruit!
@@gabesawyer4203 theyre not actively aggressive like most common snapping turtles because theyre ambush predators who use a lure waying for fish to come up to them, but if you put any part of you in front of its face its going to attack with much more ferocity than a common snapping turtle ever could. But then again like i was saying earlier at least they wont be trying their hardest to attack you on their own sticking their necks out to the side (but then again AGAIN some of them are chill with being handled and wouldnt try to bite people, ive never seen a alligator snapper that wasnt ready to bite 24/7 when it was handled)
I actually cared for a hatchling alligator snapper for a few months awhile ago. It was found in the wild in mid-Michigan, where they are not native. There was nobody else who could take it in over the winter, so i took the little bugger home. It was only a touch bigger than a half-dollar coin. I set it up in a ten gallon aquarium with plenty of hiding spots and some plants; fed it rosies and turtle pellets. In the spring, one of my coworkers mentioned that someone she knew at a rescue down in Alabama was coming up and that he could take the snapper back when he left. So, that's where it lives now.
It's actually pretty cool that there might be a few breeding size individuals up that far, and I assume they live in a deep river. They have been known to spend their lives gradually moving up river.
They wouldn't survive out here in Michigan. Temperatures get WELL below freezing in winter, and just about everything freezes. These guys are from warmer climes down in the southern region and wouldn't stand much of a chance.
I live in New Orleans and actually found a tiny hatchling in a pool skimmer back in 2015. The pool was right next to a canal. He was almost solid black and pretty cute. A little bit bigger that a quarter. Gave him to a pet shop near me . They specialize in reptiles
When I younger, probably seven to eight years old, my family was driving down a dirt road, one that experiences traffic more than the average dirt road, and I had everyone STOP! There was an alligator snapping turtle in the middle of the dirt road, just sitting there, kinda looking around, and being the animal lover I've always been, I wanted to help the prehistory beast out! They were about the size of the ones you guys were handling, and I picked them up pretty much instinctively like you showed off. I carried them over toward the side of the road, the side he was facing beforehand, but then they lunged at my neck, so I yanked my head back, moved them as far forward from myself as reasonable, and gently tossed them over the low wire fence. They landed in some marshy dirt, and just sat there with their mouth open, and I considered that a job well done, even if my family would've preferred if I didn't handle that big fella at all. I've told this simple story time and time again, but it's one of my favorite wildlife memories, because it's not everyday that you come across a creature as intimidating as that, yet I had no fear, and still don't have any! I hope you enjoyed this brief story. :D
I picked up and moved a huge common snapping turtle in sixth grade because it was in the middle of the field where we were having gym class. My teacher looked pretty amazed.
@@ClintsReptiles | I've handled a couple very small common snapping turtles as well, and I'm yet to be bitten by a turtle! Hopefully it stays that way. And yeah, it's always very satisfying to see the reactions of people when you're very calmly handling what's basically a modern dinosaur.
@@therealshino4607 | Okay? It's a pretty basic story to lie about. I basically wanted to be what Coyote Peterson is when I was younger, and he experiences less likely things on a daily basis.
Alright clint, real talk. When are we going to get the kimodo dragon as a pet video? We want you to crush all of our dreams of it getting a high score xD
LOL! My favorite quote from any book about Komodo dragons went something like, “Their bites are notoriously hard to treat. There is a well known case of a man dying in Paris two years after he had been bitten.”
Hey Clint, thanks to you I have fallen in love with reptiles and a few months ago got my first reptile. Today I was out in my yard and found an Alabama black king snake, and instead of running away, I took pictures and admired it and put it back . So, thanks
Thanks, I e also recently begun herping around my area, which gives me something to do with the quarantine. It’s funny because I can’t imagine my life without my reptile obsession, even though I didn’t know about the hobby 4 months ago.
interesting fact: Alligator snapping turtle, Macrochelys temminckii, has a cousin closer than the common snapper, which is Macrochelys suwanniensis aka Suwannee snapping turtle from Suwannee River.
When I was 8 years old, my neighbor found an alligator snapping turtle nest mowing his yard and gifted me a hatchling. My parents freaked out but I cuddled that thing like a baby. My parents had no interest in getting a proper set up, and looking back I really wish I had had the ability to give it a better life than a cardboard box. Eventually it escaped and was lost in the house for over a year and found in the basement where it had been feasting on crickets that plagued us, which is better than the ground beef my mom was trying to feed it. We released it back into a local lake soon after finding it. I miss that little turtle.
OMG 💕💕 I miss my baby. I live in Louisiana (where they are a native species) and found a small injured baby alligator snapping turtle. I took him in and had him for about 10 years. I loved him SO much, but eventually even the enclosures I made myself were not big enough for him. I got in touch with wildlife fisheries and was able to get Justin Turtlelake into a conservation program. He made it out pretty good, had a loving mother for 10 years then got a girlfriend and eventually was released back into the wild!
I had one these monsters as a kid, he had an awesome enclosure. Caught him fishing in a farm pond. Around 3-4 lbs. He spent around 2-3 years with us. He had some issues including mouth damage and shell damage. Once he had healed up, I let him get to around 10-12 lbs before letting him go back into the pond. I actually hooked him again years later and it was so awesome. (Scarring was identical) Lucky he didn't sustain mouth damage this time and I was able to enjoy a few minutes with him before letting him slide back into the water. Snappers are awesome and rad. Also misunderstood like most reptiles. I love em so much.
Alligator snapping turtles definitely get well over 200 pounds. I saw one that stretched nearly shoulder-to-stripe across the entire northbound lane during one of my trips back from Arkadelphia to Camden about 40 years ago. It must have been at least five feet long from snout to the tip of its tail, and its shell rose up to the height of my knees. This was an Arkansas backroad in Ouachita County that had no traffic during the several minutes we stopped to look at the monster reptile. The turtle was stationary in the center of the lane with its mouth wide open. It was about 100 feet from a small bridge that crossed a nearby creek. We were too afraid to move the turtle out of the road because it was so menacing and enormous -- at least twice as big as I was. However, I'm sure no one ran over the turtle because it would have destroyed their car or truck, and it was visible from a long distance down the road in either direction.
I feel like a few million years ago when everything was larger because of the higher oxygen levels, these kind of turtles were probably bigger then any human today.
Just want to say it's wonderful to see how both of you clearly treasure and respect each and every one of these animals for their own unique charms and dangers.
I love snapping turtles! Here in rural Missouri I find baby common snappers all the time during late spring. I just pick them up, tell them how cute they are, and put them back. I even sometimes find larger common snappers in the ditches in the small town where I live.
Hi Clint I’ve been watching for a few years now and in my village in England you have honestly made a huge impact you wouldn’t believe. Not only did you inspire me to get into reptiles and buy a veiled Cham and Herman tourtiose, your videos which I shared have inspired 4 of my brothers friends who are 13 to responsibly look after theese animals. I absolutely love your positivity in theese challanging times. I think your videos cater to both adults and children with the simplicity and understandability yet factual and informative content. I have been trying to donate where I can and superchatted a few times on recent streams Thanks Clint Sam
Hi Clint, I'm just impressed by the fact that you or someone on your team cares enough to reply to a bunch of comments about everything, answering questions or brightning someones day, thanks Clint
Hey Clint! About 5 years ago I rehabbed a baby alligator snapping turtle that was found with an injury. He was awesome to have and I kept him for about 2 years before he was healed and able to be released. They're definitely a HUGE handful and crazy to care for just rehabbing a baby so I truly can't imagine having it as a pet!! The one I helped out was surprisingly very docile and never snapped at me - maybe he knew I was helping him, but he HATED my sister. Growing up I was always told by my mom that I wasn't allowed to keep animals other than a dog or a betta fish unless I was helping a local rehabilitator. It was the first reptile I got to keep but I always had my heart set on geckos - never made sense to me why she said no to a harmless little leopard gecko or crested gecko but had no problem when I brought home a snapping turtle! Not even 4 days after I moved out on my own I got my first gecko who was a reduced runt from a local animal sanctuary who unfortunately passed away recently due to runt related issues. My sister got me a juvenile leo because she saw how upset I was about losing my first one. I also acquired a year old crested from a great breeder in February and he's been pretty awesome too!!
SuperMarioPro It is mostly due to most things he does nowadays are staged, and he puts hself in harms away. In addition to that, I have seen several people who have said they gotten a fear of hers because of some of Coyote Peterson's videos. For example, I breed abronia graminea (Mexican arboreal alligator lixards). Some one who once was over asked what are they, and when I said alligator lizards, they got scared and backed away. When I asked what's wrong, they say they have seen those on Brave Wilderness, and that they bite.
yung Greivous I understand he aims to educate. But the way his videos are right now, they end up making people fearful of pretty safe animals. I just wish he would be clear that they aren’t normally aggressive or dangerous.
@@FilmDragons i find it quite clear that hes only ever bitten by animals when he grabs them and makes them bite him. He always tells the camera that the animals are often times not aggressive. I find that he simply just shows what to do if bitten or stung by an animal and nobody should own or interact with animals not knowing what they are capable of.
Great video on one of my favorite species! There’s a bit of misunderstanding with the idea that they don’t move a lot or are inactive. Their peak activity in the wild is around 2am-sunrise, so most folks don’t get to see them actively moving around. I have some videos of wild ones I have found foraging in groups, which is quite a sight to walk up on 😂👍🏼
I rode one of these by accident once... I thought it was a submerged rock. For the record it swam with me on it for a brief moment and I definitely weighed over 300lbs at the time. Here in OK there be dragons...
Saw a huge one in a local reservoir. Maybe two and a half to three feet at the widest point of the shell, and it’s mouth could fit my head easily into it’s open mouth. It had gotten caught on a fishing hook and was floundering about on some rocks close to the shore while the poor fisherman tried to figure out a way to free it without losing a hand-or an arm. It snapped the line before the staff for the reservoir got there, but after being told about it, they said that usually they were killed before they got that big and they were going to get someone to hunt it down.
@@TarotNathers It's a shame to harm such a beast. But I mean that's people. I've seen trucks swerve to hit em. Even the small turtles. People can be so disturbing sometimes.
@@dboot8886 where the heck do they live? Isn't Utah mostly desert and salt flats anyway? Sorry I'm from Missouri where we have too much water most of the time and both types of snapping turtles
@@OtterTreySSArmy They live mostly in the lower half of the Mississippi and the rivers and creeks that feed in to it. But they can be found as far east as Georgia and the Florida panhandle and west in to east Texas, parts of southeast Texas, and some of Oklahoma.
Hope to see a video featuring common snapper, and which one would you recommend as pets (alligator snapper or common snapper). Planning to get either one of these two.
My house is between two large creeks and every year we have some weird migration of alligator snapping turtles between the creeks. For some reason they love trying to get into garages but aside from that, they are super chill
I met an Alligator Snapping Turtle when I was about ten years old when I still lived in Winnipeg, Manitoba. I say "met" as in I nearly tripped over the thing as I was wandering through the reeds by the river. It was in the height of summer, and I spent a lot of time alone in the dirt of whatever "wilds" I could find in the middle of a city. Winnipeg isn't big by U.S. standards, but when there's nothing else around of comparable size (roughly 800K people), it's large enough, but there was still a good amount of wild-ish areas for a lonely, geeky kid who preferred being out in the woods, wading through streams, out in the mud and encountering what critters they could. Who needs people, anyway? So I nearly trip over this... thing. I had **NO** idea what the heck it was, just that it looked like a turtle... sort of... if it was a critter from Godzilla, King of All the Monsters. It had spikes all over and it looked mean af. No idea why it was there, either, just that it looked mean enough to spit nails and I just stared at it for a while (from a good distance, of course). It stood to just about my knees--I was a small kid at only 4' 10", so you can probably gauge the turtle was about a foot and a half tall, or thereabouts. I guessed it was a bit shorter than I was in length, had no idea how wide, 'cuz I didn't want to get in front of it. It was grey-brown and greenish, either it's normal colour, or algae, I dunno, and that face was... amazing and I DID NOT wanna get bit. No way. I thought it was the most awesome thing I'd ever seen in my life. :-) Cut to decades later when I see a video here on RU-vid (not this video, but some other, I think it was some rando nature program) when I saw a turtle that was the spitting image of the monster I saw on the banks of the Red River that summer. Now I had a name for the thing. So I go looking for a bit more info on it: It doesn't live in my area, so how the heck did it end up in **WINNIPEG** if it didn't live around there? Regular Snapping Turtles supposedly could be found around there, so I thought maybe I misidentified it, so I looked those up--nope, not the same beastie. Definitely an Alligator Snapper. Then I remembered something I'd read years ago: The Red River is sometimes known as the Red River of the North, to distinguish it from the Red River down in the U.S. Midwest, and it's part of the river system that's connected to the Mississippi, though not technically a tributary because it's not connected directly to it. The Alligator Snapping Turtle is common--or it used to be--in the Mississippi river, it's Delta and the Everglades. Now I knew why that turtle was in Winnipeg. Like how some birds and other animals can establish anomalous populations in locales not normally associated with them (when humans don't drop them there, that is), this individual had wandered far from it's usual range and somehow ended up swimming through the whole river system all the way to our city and was probably going to end up in Lake Winnipeg, the endpoint of the Red River. It must've taken years, and I wonder what temperatures an Alligator Snapper could handle, 'cuz that lunatic monster probably died in that lake that winter, if it made it that far, unless they can hibernate. I wonder how old that turtle was, when we met? It was as big as ten yr old me, probably full-grown, and I don't know how long it takes for them to reach full size.
Saw a massive one years back in the local fish and wildlife resevoir. A guy who was fishing accidentally hooked it, and with all we saw in the water that it had churned up the only think we saw was part of it’s front, claws, and its head. Actual dinosaur. It was so massive it looked like it could hold my head in its jaws easily. The guy who caught it was at a loss of what to do. He couldn’t just let it go, he had to try to pull the hook out of it’s mouth, but right when some park workers came over to try to help out, the line snapped and that absolute monster disappeared back into the water. The single largest turtle I’ve ever seen in my life.
I've seen large females practically shut down a highway to cross during breeding season. These might be the best pet reptile to completely trash your glass aquarium. People try to keep wild caught juveniles and then decide it's a bad idea and try to sell their giant aquarium. I leaned real quick not to even bother going to look at aquariums that have had alligator snapping turtles in them. If you decide you need one don't buy new!
My dad knows a dude who runs a reptile sanctuary and they have an adult alligator snapper who grew up in a bathtub and now he hates properly sized tanks because he's used to small ones :(
Until recently the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago had a massive alligator snapping turtle. It was the stuff of nightmares. Its mouth was bigger than my head and its beak was enormous and sharp.
Thank you for great brake from studying ^^! Can i have a question? In my country tiliqua scincoides is not very available, but some people are selling tiliqua gigas and calling them bluetongued skink. Are they similar? If not, would you make a video about it and difference ?
I rescued a 75-100lb one from a road way about 11 years ago. Was very intimidating, but worth getting it to a wildlife rehabber. Poor guy's shell had a minor crack, an injured leg, and was a little dehydrated. I also found a baby about a year back, was cute.
Hey quick question Clint! I have one myself but I wanted to know if I can have two together? I read that they really aren’t social and he’ll live happily alone but I wanted to know your opinion of having two alligator snapping turtles together. Is it a good idea? Is it possible to have two together?
Alligator snappers are some of my favorite animals from childhood! They break the mold of turtles in many ways, and are undeniably awesome :) I'm also going to plug my idea for a video on amblypygids haha, aka whip spiders, aka tailless whip scorpions (which is a horrible name for them, it's so long and also doesn't make sense. It would be like, instead of saying "dogs," you called them "dwarf long-tailed bears.") I got one as a pet recently and they're such incredibly unique arthropods, not to mention they have very easy but interesting care (I keep mine in a plastic cereal storage container from the dollar store!). Fun to watch, harmless, and an impressive size to boot!
i remember going to the neighborhood pool one day when i was like 8. and this massive! like the shell was 2 feet in diameter alligator snapping turtle was crossing the road. my sister and i stopped to gawk at it when a neighbor came running out to yell at us not to get close. lol we weren't gonna but he tried getting it off the street and back into the woods by putting this huge branch in front of it while he grabbed its tail. Beast crushed the stick in one bite and had us all freaking out for a bit. it took two full grown men to drag it back into the forest. will never forget that amazing beast!
My uncle has a common snapping turtle and he goes fishing and bring it back fresh catfish all different types of size i loves it because he keeps it alive so it hunts so cool to watch
This brings back memories of me fishing as a kid in a tiny row boat and seeing a snapper almost half the size of my boat. I got so scared! I wondered at the time of he could be in the Guinness book of records. Soooooo amazing! Love these videos!
Common snappers are my favorite turtle as well! I've loved them since I was a kid and they can really tame down and be very personable, when I have the space and time for one I plan on getting one as a pet in the future. The poor things are so misunderstood by people but I love them.