Common Snapping Turtles Mating

[OWGEM]

Turned on their sides. Note the male expelling water from his nostrils.

www.flickr.com/photos/dhkaiser/18678453051

www.flickr.com/photos/dhkaiser/18055749943

 

[HoughMade]

HEY! That turtle stole MY "Oh" face!

 

[oldpink]

Great photography/video.
I always wondered how big male common snapping turtles were, since all those I've ever seen were females that came out of water to lay eggs and I know that males almost never leave the water, then I found this video, and I was very impressed. - [video=youtube;dmEhZ2Ql9mc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmEhZ2Ql9mc[/video]

 

[Trigger Time]

I would have eaten him

 

[Tactically Fat]

I can't get Flicker where I am...

These regular snappers or alligator snappers?

Also: I thought this was going to be another Beech Grove Walmart fight thread. Kinda disappointed; mostly not disappointed.

 

[T.Lex]

I would have eaten him

Before or after he finished with you?

*bow chikka bow bow*

 

[OWGEM]

These regular snappers or alligator snappers?

Common Snapping Turtles. I think the alligator snappers are found mostly in rivers rather than marshes.

 

[eric001]

OK, so those made me A) hungry, B) mildly fascinated, and C) hungry (Gotta be true to my fatman self!)

And, it made me think of this:
[video=youtube;iLIR3yrxcWI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLIR3yrxcWI[/video]