racefaker:

bogleech:

why-animals-do-the-thing:

the-awkward-turt:

proteusolm:

A lot of the comments about how terrifying this is and how these will “bite a limb off” are bugging me a bit.

Alligator snapping turtles aren’t actually very dangerous at all provided you aren’t deliberately sticking your limbs in it’s mouth. They are quite weak swimmers, and very slow on land as well. Remember, these are ambush predators that have no reason to be fast, they just lay around and wait for something to swim into their mouth to check out it’s wormy looking tongue. Plus, their camouflage is generally enough to keep them from having to flee from predators. Even if they were speedy enough to chase down a person, they aren’t exactly inclined to. Like almost any other animal they want nothing to do with you.
Even if you accidentally stepped on one hiding underwater it’s not super likely you will be bitten, they can’t reach their head back and bite something that isn’t pretty much directly in front of their face unlike common snapping turtles.
Also, they are a threatened species so perhaps fear mongering about them is a bad idea.

I have never heard of anyone being unknowingly bitten by a snapper underwater. Not saying it has NEVER happened but it isn’t likely. They usually only snap defensively when out of the water. They just want to get away.

Alligator snappers in particularl don’t really even do the lunging snap thing that commons do. Meaning you literally have to put a body part in their mouth for them to accidentally bite it out of a feeding response.

Exactly this. Snapping turtles can and will hurt you if you do something stupid, but they’re not aggressive and not a danger to you when just in your proximity. Make good choice, protect yourself and the wildlife. 

All true but what bothered me first was just that I don’t think they like pineapples so that is a mean trick 😦

Damn can you eat pussy like that