The snapping turtle knows how to defend itself. With one bite it can crack bones, its claws are used to defends itself as well as with a stinking secretion. Being a lurking hunter sit waits for its prey while being buried in the mud to then snap it blazingly fast.
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Gewicht: up to 16 kg
Größe: shell length up to 45 cm
Brutdauer: depending on the temperature 9 - 18 weeks
Lebensalter: 40 up to 100 years
Geschlechtsreife: from 20cm height
Reproduktion: 10- 30 eggs
Nahrung: fish, amphibians, reptiles, small mammals, carrion
Lebensweise: water with dense vegetation and a muddy ground
Gefährdung: not endangered
Verbreitung (ursprünglich): North America
