The alligator snapping turtle in this clip has everything he needs to go fishing. The bait is a part of his body, and his lightning-quick ‘snap’ is too fast for most prey to escape from. All he has to ...

Aug. 14—Joe Clemens of Irwin has a dangerous hands-on hobby. Clemens is a fourth-generation turtle noodler, a pursuit where one catches snapping turtles with their bare hands from underwater holes in ...

When angler Steve Bellion went fishing at a lake in Birmingham, he was hoping for a bite or two. However, he got more than he bargained for when he ended up reeling in a huge alligator snapping turtle ...

When fisherman Drew Hammonds saw a spiky armour-plated creature at the end of his line, he made a snap decision. He dropped his rod and started to run. But after a quick look back he realised he had ...

An Alligator Snapping Turtle, usually found in rivers of North America, which was caught by keen angler Drew Hammond at Earlswood Lakes in Birmingham Credit: Photo: NEWSTEAM Drew Hammonds, 37, from ...

Snapping turtles are large freshwater turtles that are unable to withdraw their head and legs fully into their shells, and so have extremely powerful jaws that they use to defend themselves with by ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Monday that it is proposing threatened status for alligator snapping turtles -- huge, spike-shelled reptiles t that lurk at the bottom of lakes and slow ...

Footage of a plump snapping turtle relaxing along a Chicago waterway has gone viral after the man who filmed the well-fed reptile marveled at its size and nicknamed it “Chonkosaurus." Joey Santore was ...

A massive turtle dubbed 'Chonkosaurus' has been spotted relaxing in the sun by a once-highly-polluted river. Kayaker Joey Cantore shared a video of the mammoth Snapping Turtle basking on a rusting ...

Snapping turtles are not the kind of animal that most people think of as “cute” with their funnel-shaped noses, thick, warty bodies, and armored tails. Box turtles are cute. Sea turtles are adorable.