Swimming With Snapping Turtles And Painted Turtles 

Beautiful underwater footage. Love the play of light and shadow. Couldn't believe I was actually seeing a snapper run underwater! Had no idea they did that!

Glad to know that I'm not the only wildlife nut out there who carries a blanket around for minor wildlife rescue operations.

A snapping turtle hauling butt across the lakebed and kicking up clouds of debris is an impressive sight.

Nice work as always! Now I'm curious to see other north American turtles (diamondbacks, musk, mud, etc.)

Thanks so much! Informative with such great footage 🤗

I've been waiting for this, two of the best pet turtles, painted need a minimum of a 90 gallon for females, males can be kept in 75 gallons. Snappers will need 220 to 300 gallons when fully grown, no room for negotiations here. Snappers are the most rewarding turtle to keep but they are demanding.

Another great video of yours Dave. Wish it was a bit longer 😊

I live in an apartment right next to a lake and I see painted turtles almost all the time during the warmer months.

This is like cat videos for anglers. LOL. Thanks for your awesome visuals and commentary!

Hubby and I came across a huge snapping turtle half way across a nearby road so we stopped to help make sure it didn't get run over. Heavy and scary - eventually a cop stopped to help and got out his heavy duty gloves which was much safer than our bare hands. We live in an area filled with ponds, so it was no surprise to see a turtle crossing the road but wow, we were all amazed at how large and heavy this turtle was. We also have a huge one in the pond next to our house - the shell is only about 1.5 ft long but the size of it's head and tail is crazy thick. It sneaks up to the edge of the pond so becomes clearly visible and scares everyone that comes to fish once they see it - makes my day every time! I'm sure this one has learned that people fishing results in food for him and the kids panic and flee. Not sure what he makes of my laughter:)

Would love to see red eared sliders! Amazing as always! An RES was my gateway “drug” into fish keeping. My kid found an injured quarter sized injured RES hatchling. Probably a dropped raccoon snack. Yada, yada, yada…And that is how I eventually ended up with 7 tanks. 😂

You seem like one of the coolest people out there.

This is a masterpiece 😮

had a mata mata turtle years ago. he was so cool!

They are so aware and cute😊

While I was fishing on the Daytona Beach pier back in May, I saw a loggerhead sea turtle.

I love snapping and painted turtles. GREAT VIDEO

Hello 👋 As always… it’s perfect 👍 🙏

are you snorkeling or scuba???

You met King Koopa and his troopas.

Thank you for taking me back into your beautiful lake Dave. The quality of your filming is simply magical, I always feel like I am there with you, there are few places as amazing as a healthy lake. I also really love turtles…thank you for telling people the right way to help them cross the roads.🖤🇨🇦

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I LOVE THIS GUY!

Back in 2020, I caught diamondback terrapins while crabbing in West Point, Virgina. And I found the experience funny! 😁

Lord almighty a snappin turla

Happy Turtle Adoption Day!

just discovered this channel, this is my favorite video by far! i love turtles and rescued hatchling snapping turtle and painted turtle today! i hope to see more turtle documentaries from you, i think yours are much better than any other turtle documentaries ive seen! if you are wondering, the painted turtles you show are eastern painted turtles

Deeply calming video from North American lake full of fish and turtles. Snapping turtle is incredible interesting - bottom lake runner ! Actually it is rare among reptiles to eat dead bodies, they are predators. And it's very kind of you to save them crossing the road, at least some of them will enjoy life ✌️🐢

Here's to all the turtles of the world! 🍻🐢🗺

Growing up my father would stop and pick up any snapping turtle he came across. I would have to clean them. Turtle soup and fried turtle is very good.

awesome

Softshell turtles are very fast!!!!

Have you heard of a pig-nosed turtle/fly river turtle?

Happy World Turtle Day!

How many species of sea turtle did you see when you lived in the Caribbean?

snapping turtles can be vicious out of the water but in the water they would rather just swim away!!

Dave, you may not know this but there are also South American snapping turtles/Chelydra acutirostris.

How do you film this? Underwater drone?

They're are also Central American snapping turtles/Chelydra rossignonii

That’s my dream to do this

I have a comment and a question. I live in a swampy area of Georgia and see turtles pretty much year round. Most are the Alligator turtle you mentioned. We have had a dry spring, but just about 3 weeks ago we had a good soaking rain overnight. Since then it has gotten very dry to where the swamp is drying up. But during that rain I noticed a turtle on a steep embankment and thought it my be stuck or loosing its grip climbing the hill. So I went to observe and kinda nudge it a little with my walking stick. The turtle bucked back and then I noticed a cluster of eggs under her in a small dugout. I left her alone and came back later and zoned off the area so nobody would disturb it . I approach it area a few days ago and upon looking at it I noticed that the area was all that well known Georgia red clay. Being as dry as it has been the clay that was wet when she laid has now just about turned to cement and wondered if I should intervene ?

❤This was GREAT❗ I learned a lot here about Snapping Turtles! I'm suggesting to a person to take his pet snapper swimming, I was happy to hear about how they were used in that fashion, having a rope tied to them, I was recommending using a leash or harness of sorts. ❤Very GOOD STUFF here❗ I'm going to put this informative video in the comment of the other as motivation and a source of information to inspire'm to go for it! I think it would be cool to see him do it and good for the turtle, to enjoy a little time in it's natural environment, then go back to it's fish tank... um... what do you think? Would that actually be bad for the turtle's mental health? I think the turtle will be okay with it, but as I think about it, I kind of have the feeling, it will want to be free afterwards and get depressed... That's because if it only happened once every 10years! But if this kid did it like twice a month, or at least once a month, I think it would be great experience for them both. This video was very COOL! Thank You for sharing 😁👍

I love this! Thank you!

Awesome video!

Why did the snapping turtle cross the road? 😂

What about sea turtles?

I have a painted turtle that needs a home. She is going on 3 years old and she is sweet as can be. I love her very much but I can’t take care of her anymore due to health reasons. I have a huge pond behind my house and I interrupted her sleep when I found her in my garden. Either she just hatched or she hatched then hibernated. Either way, I felt guilty and took her in. My husband keeps telling me to put her in the lake but I’m scared to. I don’t want her to die from being too naive. Any help or suggestions?

This channel is so underated

How do you avoid stirring the sediment while filming? Love the videos btw.