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Alligator snapping turtles are found in North 

America in freshwater. Alligator snapping 

turtles have a tongue that looks like a worm 

and the alligator snapping turtle lets their 

tongue sit at the bottom of the river so that 

it can catch fish and frogs. Alligator snapping 

turtles predators are alligators, bears, foxes, 

raccoons, and skunks by using their big jaws 

to wrap around the turtles in which to eat. 

Alligator snapping turtles live in North America 

in freshwater. Can be almost exclusively found 

in rivers, canals, and lakes of the southeastern 

United States.

Alligator snapping turtles can live from 50 years old 

to 100 years old. Male alligator snapping turtle

average about 26 inches (66 centimeters) in shell 

length and they weigh about 175 pounds (80 

kilograms), however they have been able to exceed 

220 pounds (100 kilograms). 

Female alligator snapping turtles weigh around 50 

pounds (23 kilograms). Alligator snappers spend most 

of their lives in the water but there is the exception 

when the females start trudging 160 feet (50 meters) 

inland to start nesting. Alligator snappers can stay 

underwater for 40 to 50 minutes until they have to 

resurface for air.

The alligator snapping turtles predators are 

alligators, bears, foxes, raccoons, and skunks by 

using their big jaws to wrap around the turtles in 

which to eat. Alligator snappers are strong the ways 

they are strong are that they have beak like jaws, 

long and sharp claws, and a ridged shell and those 

spikes on the shell and for self defense. 

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