When temperatures drop, snapping turtles head for the water and enter ... They choose to go underwater instead of staying on land because air temperatures get colder than their bodies can handle ...

If given the choice between fight and flight, snapping turtles almost always distance themselves from humans. The animals spend the bulk of their lives underwater, steering clear of nearby Homo ...

A demonstration “what not to do with a snapping turtle” in turned into an illustration when the reptile bite its handler and refused to let go. Video screengrabs A demonstration of how not to ...

Alligator snappers spend much of their time underwater, attracting prey with worm-like lures on their tongues and occasionally surfacing to breathe. Historically, the alligator snapping turtle was ...