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Largest freshwater turtle in North America, Apex Predator
Courtney Love, a dainty female with a bit of a mean streak
At the Brookfield Zoo in Chicago.
Frank the Tank was an 85 pound bruiser with a bad additude.
Big mouth, big body size black white
Scratchy was so named due to his fondness for clawing my arms and jeans to ...
Andre the Giant, the first male I caught to break the 100lb mark. I followed ...
I figured it's about time I put a female up. Not quite as big as the males, ...
Slippery Pete was 115 lbs. He gave Chuck and I a scrap.
Large (~25 pound) aquatic turtle with a hooked beak and and three-ridged shell.
snapping turtle (Macrochelys
member of the genus Macrochelys - while ...
Rory Calhoun here was the first relatively big male I caught. He weighed in at ...
State threatened species. They are the heaviest freshwater turtle in the world. ...
large turtle with large shell clawed webbed feet and hands long tail and big ...
The alligator snapping turtle (Macrochelys ...
Found in Wolf Creek in Walker County, Alabama. She was spotted just below a ...
I found this little one while it was searching a rock pile for food I presume. ...
member of the genus Macrochelys - while ...
This guy is the largest freshwater turtle in North America and also one of the ...
An alligator snapping turtle at the Tulsa Aquarium. What a monster. These huge ...
They have a large head with a pointed snout. The shell is thick and has three ...
The alligator snapping turtle is characterized by a large, heavy head, and a ...
The prehistoric-looking alligator snapping turtle is the largest freshwater ...
Spotting #700 :) The carapace has three distinct rows of raised plates, and ...
Spotting #2,000 :) These are the largest freshwater turtle in the world, and ...