Snapping Turtle Attacks Porcupine

Large snapping turtle attacks and eats a porcupine on the Turtle Flambeau Flowage in Northern Wisconsin. July 4, 2013. GPS 46.101563 -90.102820
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[@karlmcaydey6320]

Actually my dear You did the right thing by not interfering the nature act..

[@SiLL-E-Meat]

When nature calls i relieve myself. It's not like someone should stop me. Know what i mean?

[@Marcfj]

Karl McAydey - So if you were being attacked by a Crocodile or an Anaconda you would tell me not to interfere?

[@sporf_sporf]

Marcfj Not even remotely the same thing and you know that.

[@Marcfj]

Sporf Sporf - On the contrary, the only difference is in your own subjective mind. In reality, there is not a shred of difference and YOU KNOW THAT!

[@sporf_sporf]

Marcfj. If you say so. It's clear no productive conversation is to be had here. I won't say it's wrong to help the porcupine, I certainly understand the sentiment, but to compare not doing so to allowing a fellow human to be killed by a wild animal is ludacris. The reality of it is quite different.

[@zalapski9399]

Me: needs to go to bed. Also me: needs to watch video of turtle attacking porcupine.

[@shirleycharron7177]

Zarley!

[@EmilyFuger]

This is great video! Thanks for posting it. It really offers a new perspective to me as a paddler and environmental scientist. I feel that increased knowledge of animal behavior makes us all better ecologists.

[@chadddrott312]

Wow great footage! I can almost promise, that you guys witnessed the rarest thing you two will ever see in your lifetime when it comes to wildlife! Especially from beginning to end... Good luck topping that one! Thank you for sharing 👍

[@patrickmcleod111]

**Time of actual attack: Approx **1:08**. It's difficult to figure out when the turtle attacked it, because there's no obvious visual appearance of the turtle when it attacks. All you see is the porcupine suddenly being pulled under the water by something.**

[@2kayakcampers]

That is why we did not know exactly what was going on. Deer will walk out in fairly shallow water and eat the water plants. Sometimes they stick their whole head under. At first, I thought the porcupine had an injured left rear foot. Then when it went into the water, I thought, maybe it was doing the same thing. The first clue that there is a snapping turtle in the area is a webbed foot coming out of the water for a couple seconds and the going back down. The people watching the KZbin have the advantage of already knowing that a turtle was involved. With out that advanced knowledge, it is a long time before you see evidence of the turtle.

[@weirdsearchhistory5876]

He took a right arm full of quills, think I saw a few,in his neck area too. Question is, how long did he live before infection set in on that limb and neck area. Phyric victory?

[@XLB1987]

You wouldn’t think it could eat that and survive with all those quills.

[@robertjensen1048]

Turtle kills it and then sees what he has and says "never mind".

[@objectivecorrespondent2879]

Phew! I didn't think that poor porcupine would make it but it did in the end by cleverly playing dead and teaching that nasty turtle a lesson to remember by sticking it all over with many pains.

[@dublelung1]

Probably not the easiest meat that turtle has ever killed and eaten but very cool and rare footage. Great job!

[@stefanostokatlidis4861]

Snapping turtles are immensely powerful predators.

[@newwine382]

I thank you lord for the meal I am about to eat.

[@MrPepe360]

If you ever go tubing, be sure to wear shoes.

[@LegioDecemGJCAESAR]

I am beside myself !!! I never even considered a turtle could kill a porcupine!! Much less eat it as well !!

[@WanderingSoleTV]

Wow, what a thing to capture on video!

[@justloggit22]

That snapper will probably die of infection from those quills.

[@i.still.function3463]

*HERO'S IN A HALF SHELL,TURTLE POWER.!!!* 🐢👊💥

[@Drew1701D]

Massive snapping turtle....dinosaur size for sure, looks like he's had plenty of battle wounds and I would think it would recover fine from the quills as it's not too bad...just will have lots of scaring and or abscesses

[@gregj831]

Not sure if that was a full grown porcupine or not as that snapper looked huge! We got big ones in our pond but I don't know that any look as big as this one in your video. Every now and again we take one of them and eat them. They are extremely good cuisine.

[@2kayakcampers]

Hi Greg, I have seen larger porcupines. I would guess it to be a teenager. ( in porcupine years )

[@gregj831]

Thanks! That is an absolutely amazing video of something which is rarely seen. Snappers will take ducklings, frogs, snakes, fish but seeing one methodically drown a porcupine like that is actually shocking to see! My sons haul a few up from the pond and I always tell them to be deadly careful around such turtles as they can easily maul a finger right off.

[@marcot.8250]

What a ridiculous way to go... eaten by a fucking turtle!

[@freeagent8604]

I guess the underside of a porcupine isn't too bad.

[@marloncampbell4708]

Fair enough, very impressive. I shall think about where I take a dip , when abroad ;)

[@keionchase3120]

Turtles eat porcupines? Who knew

[@yourfriendlyneighbourhoodd8315]

Godzilla vs Anguirus

[@brickheadboytoyreviews7745]

Your Friendly Neighbourhood Doggo I was thinking more of Koopa Troopa vs Porcupo

[@Marioag20]

Your Friendly Neighbourhood Doggo I'd buy you a beer for that if I could, cheers

[@staffzx]

More like Gamera vs Jiger

[@JAMEYX]

*Gamera vs Anguirus*

[@yashua27]

Your Friendly Neighbourhood Doggo Gamera vs Angirus

[@2kayakcampers]

There are several ways to look at that. We were being very quiet so we did not scare the porcupine while taking pictures. We did not know what was going on until it was too late and the porcupine had drown. If we had known what was happening, we may have broken it up. On the other hand the turtle was not doing anything other than trying to feed itself and breaking it up would have stressed the turtle so even if we knew what was happening, we may have still let nature take its course. Nature is sometimes pretty violent but that really is life in the wild. We do not watch the video much because it is sad but it is important from the scientific knowledge that it uncovered. No one that I have talked to have ever heard of this happening before.

[@davidgouin8420]

Oh yes they will take ducks, musk rats, other turtles.

[@badgoodweather]

Why would you interfere with the cycle of life? Are you god?

[@2kayakcampers]

Actually, I think the comment about possibly saving the porcupine has generated some good educational discussion. There are always several ways to look at a situation. Another way to look at the encounter is that it happened in about 4 feet of water in a flowage. That means that all of the porcupine's trees were cut down and a dam was built that totally changed the landscape in that area and turned a forested area into shallow lake. The logs and the turtle would not even have been there if someone had not already modified the natural cycle. With an abundance of porcupines with few predators, it is actually good to see that there is another animal helping keep the number of porcupines in check. A discussion of a man made flowage being a good thing or bad thing would be the type of thing that could create massive flame wars that I would like to avoid. Thanks for adding to the discussion!

[@davidgouin8420]

2kayakcampers Great Shit you caught here be proud!!! You don't have to explain to every shit head that comes along. This is an awesome catch of the circle of life maybe you should think of trying to get National Geographic to buy it off you make some cash!!!!

[@phuynh3]

Wow shame on camera guy

[@shawnp8429]

Shredder is no match for Donatello, Master Splinter has trained him right. .

[@CK-wv5hg]

Shawn P is shreddeder actually a porcupine

[@deucespades9416]

i dont get it

[@fishyfishyfishy500akabs8]

no, Raphael

[@fishyfishyfishy500akabs8]

@Oh My Mod lol

[@craigthibodeaux4606]

You're a deucebag

[@davidgouin8420]

What an awesome catch!!!! To happen upon this..... What are the odds. It sucks to be the animal that Became dinner. This goes to prove something I have always tried to tell people, snapping turtles are awesome predators!!! These turtles don't just sit on the bottom and wait for a fish to happen along they hunt and stalk there prey like any other preditor! This one must of been tired of eating fish and frogs. He wanted some red meat!!!! This was pretty cool to 👀 thanks for posting. Peace!!!!

[@phillipwood3478]

I've been curious as to what animal could defeat a porcupine. I hadn't considered a snapping turtle which is built for the task. Im thinking that a Hippo with it's tough skin could get the job done as well.

[@FarfallaDellaLuna]

Wowzers!!! Incredible footage!! Those snappers are actually really scary!! I remember my first time seeing one.... Very scary! They are "the" swamp monsters!

[@2kayakcampers]

I always say that the more time you spend out in nature, the more chance for random awesomeness to occur. It was pure luck to catch this. My kids complained once when we were in Florida that we spent 30 minutes watching one bird, but that is what sometimes pays off. If we had not spent 15 minutes watching the cute little porcupine, and had paddled on instead, we would have missed the whole thing. The same thing happened in our Spring Island 2014 video. There is video and photos in there of a pair of coastal wolves munching on what is left of a sea otter. I was dawdling behind the other paddlers in our group and saw some more awesomeness. The next day my wife and I went back with one of the guides to see if they were still there and got some good shots. Not great because the lighting was very flat and it was windy and overcast, but the experience was amazing.

[@nottoosurethesedays5661]

This is why I only swim in swimming pools

[@jaygo71]

You're no Alpha that's for sure

[@Khan-_-Art1st]

@@jaygo71 So an alpha is someone who swims is predator infested waters? Nah.

[@jamesbrinkman9332]

@@Khan-_-Art1st no a alpha eats the predators.

[@jamesrobert7155]

We've swam in rivers, lakes, ponds, creeks, since we were kids, 30 yrs, no turtle attacks yet, although some kid did suffer a cottonmouth bite, he lived though.

[@StandWatie1862]

Tron Why don't you come down to Louisiana on a really hot year and go swimming

[@CLewey44]

I gotta admit, I thought this was one of those b.s. videos...dang, I'm totally shocked...

[@RODALCO2007]

That turtle is huge ! Never knew they ate porcupines. Great footage.

[@royalrumble8680]

They'll eat anything

[@luziaflone1951]

I guess they'll eat human too if they're big enough and got the chance

[@RhinoXpress]

Royal Rumble, not true. It depends on what type of turtle it is. as some turtle species are herbivores. tortoises for example will only eat plants.

[@dananderson3033]

@@RhinoXpress Snapping turtle, not box turtle. Watch the video.

[@RhinoXpress]

They as in turtles.

[@themusicstash2696]

I can't understand the other video where a snapping turtle loses against otter

[@TheFlamingReconz]

JoyLaLuna you watched that video too? what's going with these recommendation videos. I'm expecting a video of an eagle eating the otter by now.

[@themusicstash2696]

@@TheFlamingReconz I'm expecting a video where a turtle avenges the other turtle

[@josephlalhmachhuana3579]

@@themusicstash2696 Mustelids are the ninja of mother nature. So that slow snapper got no chance.. how many times did the otter flips before he kills. Too many advantages

[@hsjdndd6081]

Otters can kill lots of things you would not expect them to be able to kill. I feel bad for the turtle in that video, got his intestines sucked out through his ass while he was still alive.

[@collectorguy4379]

Lol i have already said that i saw that and thought poor turtle! Now i think fck the turtles!

[@collectorguy4379]

I saw the video Otter eats snapping turtle and thought poor turtle - now I think fck the turtles!

[@cameronmayes3648]

Collector Guy it's called nature

[@michaelcrockis7679]

Same thing. :) Life is so versatile.

[@ashurafreedan]

So the turtle should starve?

[@edgarescobar2788]

@@ashurafreedan clearly, it's an exaggeration and a joke. C'mon.

[@collectorguy4379]

@@ashurafreedan - whatever! stick to fish ffs

[@TheNoisePolluter]

4:40 You can see all the quills stuck in turtle's feet.

[@artstrology]

he paid for his supper with pain.

[@sadisticcargo9389]

@@artstrology it was just eating

[@prankgirl9112]

Those will probably never come out.

[@edwinreveron870]

TheNoisePolluter That poor snapping turtle made a bad choice on which animal to hunt, the ones that probably are going to end up in his throat while he's eating it are going to kill the turtle, it probably die after eating that porcupine..

[@malaciousmark3903]

@Edwin Reveron I don’t think so I’ve caught a lot of snapping turtles and every single one have easiest passed the very large fishing hooks that they swallow. So I think he’ll be just fine.

[@clobbyhops]

Chef Snapping is preparing his latest cuisine, fresh Porcupine served with a side of swamp grass and submerged weeds.

[@uveni3429]

Lol "Chef Snapping," I wish someone would Photoshop a little chef's hat on its head.

[@RCdada609]

Wow cool video. I guess who needs to go to Africa or India when you can see wildlife and fresh waters like this right there in Wisconsin?

[@bekkagrace2001]

Lp

[@badgoodweather]

Snapping turtles dont let go. They are the turtle version of a bulldog

[@badgoodweather]

Who posted this comment? I didn,t

[@captaincaveman471]

@@badgoodweather Seriously? That's pretty weird if it's true

[@vityazsix]

lol you let someone use your phone?

[@canthole8050]

Quite a time to just realize about this now.

[@justindavidlake]

Oops theres a meal I actually didnt want...lol didnt plan on eating a cactus.

[@michaelgough5560]

Jajajjajaajajaja

[@amandacunningham4801]

Who knew porcupines were aquatic predators!?! Haha! Edit: AQUATIC PREY

[@a.toliver-cunningham7984]

And now who's going to remove all those quills from the snapping turtle!?! Lol

[@smithydavis1033]

@@a.toliver-cunningham7984 The turtle has a shell lol

[@thamnophis14]

Awesome. That porcupine was one surprised animal. That snapping turtle is awesome and probably the ruler of the pond.

[@dancepiglover]

thamnophis14 Yurtle the turtle, king of the pond.

[@josephlalhmachhuana3579]

@@dancepiglover until the otter murder snapping turtle like it was nothing haha

[@jasonpeng5798]

Yeah in a follow up vid in the same pond an otter completely mauls a snapping turtle, i think it was the same one

[@onebashman2808]

Joseph Lalhmachhuana thats not a adult aligator snaping turtle otter fanboy. a young common snapping turtle

[@EarlLedden]

Thank you for capturing and sharing this. I once saw a large snapper grapple a large carp. The two of them rotated slowly in the water until the snapper became victorious. It was the most prehistoric image I've ever seen. It happened in the shallows of a northeast (NY)pond.

[@jonathanstrauss2083]

I have a feeling the turtle bit off a foot and we couldn't see that and the porcupine was struggling as a result and that's why it did not flee and was relatively easy to catch him after the initial bite. It just seemed like the porcupine was struggling more than it should have been in that circumstance

[@masonmcgraw8943]

Nah snapping turtles literally dont let go and are strong af. I dont think the porcupine could have got away if it wanted to

[@anjefelowareees3040]

Well, that's what snapping turtles are.. Having a wide variety of diet including rodents, snakes, birds, raccoons, armadillos and even other turtles.. But including a porcupine on its diet was truly unexpected..

[@hyzercreek]

If you filmed this from a kayak then you are a very good photographer.

[@thelister4910]

How long was this turtle's shell would you say? And how big was it's head? I think you did the right thing filming it. the people saying you "disturbed" the turtle are idiots. If it was really bothered by you it would have stopped eating at a minimum. It seems these turtles do this more than people think. There are other videos of turtles attacking ducks and the like. They seem to know they can grab things and slowly but steady drag them to deeper water and drown them.

[@heathertalsma7574]

I would never set foot in that pond with that big sucker in there...I might lose a foot.

[@dickmcgee9516]

Heather Talsma you should see an alligator snapping turtle they're 4 times that size

[@davehartnett8013]

Dick McGee i grew up in SC and i put a broom stick to get the alligator snapper to bite it, and it literally made toothpicks of what was it the bite radius.

[@dickmcgee9516]

Dave Hartnett haha yeah I'm from Texas I've caught baby snapping turtles with my hand. They're amazing animals

[@davehartnett8013]

Dick McGee dinosaurs if you wanna get down to it just raw instinct and power over time with evolving very little.

[@2kayakcampers]

I have never seen an alligator snapper but from what I have read, they are quite a bit bigger than the common snapping turtle. I need to spend a little more time kayaking in the south to see one of those I guess.

[@2kayakcampers]

Snapping turtles eating snapdragon flowers would be unusual since the flower is not native to most of the range of the turtle and is grown as an annual ornamental flower. If you have ever held a large snapping turtle that wanted how to let it go, you would have no doubt where the name came from. For more info check out www.ottawaoutdoors.ca!hen you snap you fingures, you are using the muscle in your hand to build up potential energy in your finger, like a spring, with that energy being held in check by your thumb. When you let the finger slide off the thumb, that potential energy turns in to kinetic energy as the finger is is accelerated by the pre-tensed hand muscles. That fing, moving at high speed then hits the palm that stops it suddenly with the sound that you hear. The snapping turtle uses a defense mechanism that gives a similar result. I do not know exactly how the turtle does it but it somehow accelerates parts of its body and limbs and then stops them suddenly with a jolt.

[@2kayakcampers]

Sorry about the garbled address that got stuck in the middle of my previous post. iPad autocorrect... But to finish the post, I believe that the jolt that it creates is where the name came from and that jolt literally jerked the turtle I was holding out of my hand. It was incredibly powerful coming from a turtle with a shell of about 10 inches. Something has to stop the kinetic energy suddenly to create the jolt. It would seem logical that the body mass slamming against some part of the shell inside would be what crates the jolt.

[@Gman6755]

Great nature moment there! Who knew that snapping turtles kill and eat porcupines? That turtle was huge!

[@sevenrats]

I have rehabbed a couple of snapping turtle hatchlings and they are actually terrible at catching fish. I assumed they must eat a lot of frogs and tadpoles or scavenge a lot of their food. I had heard of them eating ducklings but many ponds with turtles have ducks in them so I assumed that must be a rare event because ducks are wary. I had no idea they would hunt a large animal like this. Snapping turtles live in beaver ponds. I wonder if the beaver avoid them or harass them. Beaver are much bigger than porcupine and are very strong. There is so much going on we don't really know.

[@jimmbobb]

That was kinda random thoughts, but I'm with ya.

[@2kayakcampers]

Seeing the quills in the turtles feet reminded me of a couple of questions I thought of right after I saw it. One was if this was the turtles first porcupine or if it had done this before. That turtle could have been 40 years old or more. The other question I had was if the turtle would get infections from the quills in its feet and neck. I don't think quills come out very easy. Maybe reptiles don't get infections?

[@whiteprick5013]

2kayakcampers With having a zoom on your camera what is your reason coming in right on top of the turtle and bothering him? If you were the turtle would you have liked someone getting in your face as you did? You definitely did bother the turtle, every time the turtle surfaced and you made a noise he submerged. The video was good, and it would have been just as good shot from 10' away, and you would have not been rude with your intrusion.

[@2kayakcampers]

The pictures of the porcupine where taken at a long distance so as not to disturb the little fella. After the turtle drowned the porcupine we realized that we were witnessing something that may not have ever been witnessed before, and had never been recorder before. All of the action that was going to occur after that point in time was going to be under water and the only way to photograph it was to get in close enough to be pointing the camera down into the water because of the logs and the reflection on the water. Without doing that, we would not know that the porcupine was successful in quilling the turtle and to what extent. We would also not know that the turtle was eating the porcupine and how they do that. He definitely knew I was there and realized that I was not a threat to him or he would not have continued eating. Did I disturb the turtle, a little bit I am sure, but in this particular case, I think it was justified. I have not seen any nature or guide book that lists porcupines as a food for snapping turtles.

[@whiteprick5013]

I see "no" importance of "you" knowing if the porcupine was successful in quilling the turtle and to what extent. There are only (2) reasons an animal kills another animal, to eat or mate. What reason or purpose, for you, justified disturbing the turtle?

[@2kayakcampers]

In my opinion, The turtle was not disturbed any more than a canoe disturbs the fish below or the bark of a neighbors dog disturbs the birds and squirrels in my prairie, walking on grass disturbs the worm below or mowing a lawn with a gas operated lawn mower that disturbs everything. It is not about what I know, the video is being looked at by the educational and scientific community and is adding one very small piece to mans understanding of nature. The more we understand and learn about nature the more we love it and are willing to protect it and the better we are able to pass that reverence on to the next generation. (Paraphrasing from Song of the paddle by Bill Mason)

[@neilhardie6312]

Whiteprick Quit being a bitch.

[@Fur_Crumbs_Channel]

SSBB: Bowser vs Sonic Yea this video old as frick

[@Lightwish01]

This is once in a lifetime extremely rare footage! What a rare opportunity to film something like this! A snapper going after a porcupine like this something one watching multiple snappers lifetimes would never ever see! You really need to copyright this, take it off KZbin and sell the footage to National Geographic or similar.

[@Becca-Becca-Becca]

or just share with us instead of making it about money, it's nature and special but why monetize it. I appreciate the video thank you

[@derpfrog5625]

Damn! porcupine was like wtf! overconfident with his spiny armor. Den dat ninja moment! cue song at 0:30 How could this happen to me? I made my mistakes Got nowhere to run The night goes on As I'm fading away I'm sick of this life I just wanna scream How could this happen to me?Everybody's screaming I try to make a sound but no one hears me I'm slipping off the edge I'm hanging by a thread I wanna start this over again

[@Vntichrist]

derpfrog what the fuck

[@NULL-ug7ve]

Shut the fuck up you autistic cringelord

[@markmoore4088]

@@Vntichrist 😅😅

[@SINASTERWAYS]

Song by Simple Plan

[@kiddfaith4397]

This is an impressive video. I had no idea that snapping turtles were such determined predators!

[@ezamorazamora6978]

Wait util the turtle runs into an otter😂😂

[@58unclesam]

Ezamora Zamora 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@markmarsh27]

THAT was one MONSTER HUGE snapping Turtle.

[@jisookim6904]

Totally amazing footage. I've never seen footage of a snapping turtle eating by taking out bites, even though I knew that they can. And I certainly never saw them eat porcupines. Also how the hell does a turtle get rid of those quills? It would take years to grow them out and I don't think the turtle has any way to remove them. I wonder if it's the first porcupine it ever ate and if it is, if it's the last one. Or if this porcupine is just one of many and the turtle found it can easily cope with a couple of quills for a months worth of food.

[@kellztheoneandonlylefontae6859]

awesome footage! would love to capture footage like that.

[@cameronriley5124]

Kellz Lefontae would love to capture you my darling

[@BurnBright18]

I'm not very smart. And I don't know much about snapping turtles but, I enjoyed the video and think the camera angle was good but, shouldn't get to close because the snapping turtle might have gotten disturbers and maybe even do something if you get to close but still the camera work and the video was amazing I tip my hat for you camera girl/boy

[@kaarukun1651]

well... should I say POORcupine? ye?

[@burg5556]

you're quills have no power here!

[@sadisticcargo9389]

Your

[@daughters4life55]

Good point

[@jzwillows]

Real life horror film for the porcupine.

[@TheBuzzie73]

yes then they just sat there they probably pushed it in the water they seen it was drowning and did nothing~! great photography watching something die

[@tuckrex2038]

shut up pansey

[@donbaxley5530]

Did you see the size of that fuckin turtle? I won't be dipping my feet in that pond!

[@MTX671]

DAMN NATURE, YOU SCARY

[@watchmyshoes22]

Are you a 12 year old with no imagination from 10 years ago?

[@maliksultan2011]

Nice. I was thinking all the while that turtles are herbivorous. Now I realizes that i need more research hehehehe

[@stvbrsn]

There aren't too many predators that are immune to quills. I guess a turtle is one!

[@kenfrost8931]

ok time for round 2...snapping turtle vs bazooka

[@whome6878]

Even more far fetched.... I once saw a snapping turtle send a car careening through the side of a house. Killed the turtle, the car, and the living room.

[@sevenrats]

I just noticed that the turtle got quilled pretty bad on at least both front legs.

[@abbykuo4884]

sevenrats looks like the turtle didn't feel a thing

[@kitkatinthehat]

Really? I would have helped out the porcupine. I've often wondered, what goes through ones mind that can sit there and film an animal being killed rather than helping save its life. Messed up. 👎

[@thecomplainer6365]

Yeah because good luck trying to pry the turtle off and not get quilled at the same time

[@jeremywestern7067]

why are they called snapping turtles? is it because they snap twigs etc?

[@2kayakcampers]

Snapping turtles have what I would call a bad attitude when they are on land. They are not friendly and will use their sharp beak like mouth to bite hard. I tried to move a smaller one that was in the road about 10 years ago and had to give up. Very grumpy! When I was young, someone caught one in a fishing net on a small lake in central Wisconsin. It was a medium sized one and I grabbed it on both sides of the shell just in front of the back feet. His head started moving toward my hands. I figured that he would never reach my hands where the were on the back half of the shell. The neck kept coming ... and coming ... and coming...that rascal bit me in the web of my hand between the thumb and first finger. Took out a V shaped piece of my flesh! His neck was long enough to reach almost the length of his shell. It had the desired affect...I dropped him/her and he/she swam off.

[@2kayakcampers]

Most turtles can pull their feet, tail and head inside the shell. Snapping turtles can not do that so they have developed a different defense mechanism. When I tried to move the snapping turtle off the road, I found out about it first hand. It happened so fast that I could not see exactly what it did, but I think it pulled its extremities in tight to the shell and then"snapped" them out with such speed and force that the jolt knocked him out of my hands. I think that is why the have that name.

[@classiclistener01]

+2kayakcampers Also, because they 'snap' like a snake...lightning fast. The best ways to pick up any turtle is four fingers under and thumb on top of its back end; if it's heavy, use both hands. Or, find a strong stick and when the turtle bites it, carefully pick it up. It usually won't let go until you put it down. That's how I had someone keep a large snapping turtle busy while I sutured a cut and fiberglassed its cracked shell. That bite you got must have required doctor's care...that's awful! I got bit by a baby eastern box turtle that didn't break the skin but it startled me and I dropped it.

[@2kayakcampers]

Actually, it just took out a little eighth of an inch chunk. I must have been 13 or 14 at the time. Salve and a bandage and I am sure I was back in the canoe in minutes. Developed a love for the outdoors at a very young age and it never wore off. Now I just herd the turtle off the road or maybe lay down in the road to get a close up picture. I'll stick to picking up painted turtles. 😊

[@jeremywestern7067]

+2kayakcampers so why is it called a "snapping" turtle then???

[@korndawggy1801]

Saw one take a duck from the edge of the water when I was a kid. Kinda like an alligator.

[@staciescottsgame2721]

That was a very large snapper that turtle could have made one great stew.

[@1ofhis518]

Man that's nuts!! I had no idea turtles would do that!!! Goodness instead of watching for alligator's I need to watch for turtles. I can see it now south Mississippi man devoured by snapping turtle while fishing and spending time with family believed to have leaped out the water and grabbed him by the face. Authorities are not certain if man provoked the turtle to attack. Family and friends are hoping for a safe return.

[@CrazyCrits]

WOW! Attacking and eating a Porcupine, Better watch my self around those things!

[@khublakhan67]

Should've stuck your hand down there to find out what's going on.

[@AnubisFenrir]

Would it be okay to get hungry an kill the turtle and eat both of them🤔🤨

[@BrandonDanilition]

Awesome and such rare footage! I was wondering if I could use a clip of this for a video on snapping turtles; it would be only 10 seconds from this original clip, where I’d give you full credit for the original video. I myself would make no profit of it.

[@2kayakcampers]

I need to check. I gave a company the rights to manage licensing but have not heard from them since and I think the company was sold. I am going to track them down and cancel the agreement. I will let you know when I accomplish that.

[@2kayakcampers]

To license this video contact [e-mail]. They are handling all licensing. I would be extremely interested in what response you get from them.

[@smasher1234]

Until an otter gets a hold of that turtle

[@ghostofmars83]

Very interesting video! Thumbs Up!

[@dennismason9448]

Great find and great video. You did the right thing, let nature happen. Just observe.

[@2kayakcampers]

Thanks!

[@TRICK-OR-TREAT236]

TURTLE SAY ............................... PORCUPINE TASTE LIKE CHICKEN.

[@fpvwithme]

I couldn't sit there n let the porcupine die. Heartless.

[@Theearthtraveler]

That's a great video! Food is food to the smapper.

[@sum12see]

Awesome video.. very rare to get the Up Close and Personnel shot of the turtle rating and airing itself...He almost ate the whole carcuss...Great videos,I subbed ya...Check out my channel, if you'd like?..

[@jasondudchock6936]

I would have grabbed that turtle by the tail. turtle sauce picanté for dunner!

[@Jpfire19]

Jason Dudchock turtle is amazing. It has such a great taste.

[@Curas1]

When I watch nature videos I like thinking of it as a pixar movie. Upps...mister prickly just made his last trip to the watering hole.

[@keith863]

Incredible footage, and yes (no intervention) was the proper course of action. I've never seen a turtle (albeit a snapping turtle) attack and kill such large living prey before. But from what I can gather, it appears like the turtle bit the porcupine's back left leg and dragged him underwater.

[@camarasaurus1]

Fascinating video; thanks for posting. There is no reason to get too philosophical about this, really. For every act of predation people witness, there are countless others that are simply part of the great chain of life. While scenes like this are rarely photographed, I'm sure that raccoons, possums and other mammals have always been part a snapper's diet. I recently spent an hour observing and photographing a snapper that was constantly poking its head above water, and while the fascinating creature had no prey, one did not need to be told that it had to have eaten quite a few warm blooded creatures to get to be 2 1/2 feet long.

[@billyrock8305]

I once saw a massive rogue snapping turtle actually go after a cow once. Terrorized the entire county the entire summer. Farmers had to pony up and hire a professional snapping turtle hunter.

[@Smaug1]

The truth is stranger than fiction. Looks like the turtle took a hit too. He'd better be careful how it heats that porcupine, or he's not gonna make it either...

[@grantp4022]

Incredibly great footage, and that turtle sure took care of that porcupine. For those that think the quills will affect the turtle, I highly doubt that. Nature equips animals to digest all sorts of prey. Example, when eagles kill a rabbit, they often swallow bones that are later regurgitated, or expelled somehow. I'm sure the turtle lived on to see another day. Good think the turtle could eat it from the bottom -- no quills.

[@MrGaborseres]

Well now. ..... Perhaps I won't feel so sorry for them turtles the next time they swallow my bait and hook...... not that I wanna see any animals suffer, we have intelligence and them ugly turtles don't.....

[@BigGuyReviews]

Wow. That’s really something. Look at the quills in the turtle. He took some abuse to get his dinner.

[@fernandolou9931]

I've seen videos of several smaller water turtles in africa joining in on hunts like Crocodiles and attacking/drowning Birds such as doves. Although never documented, I can imagine if this strategy applied to snappers as well, what other larger prey is out there.

[@dennism103]

All snapping turtles must die! I'm calling turtle man and his toothless buddy Neil, who doesn't do shit except stand on the shore and yell be careful buddy! He's worth half a million bucks. Who's laughing now? U think he'd buy new teeth?

[@mmsizzlak]

Whhhhhhaaaaat? We have porcupines in Wisconsin? That I didn't know...I can't believe that out of all predators, it'd be a regular albeit rather huge snapping turtle predating a porcupine... It had the quills buried in it's front legs yet kept going... This was amazing

[@NIGHTOWL-jf9zt]

Wow this is the brother to the turtle that got ate by the otter. Now he's getting revenge thinking this is the otters otter brother.Action 5 news: Sir, can you tell us what you were thinking when you killed and ate your victim? Turtle: My brother was killed in another video. I saw a mammal with fur sitting by the shore and I said to myself this is the guy who killed joey my brother. So I got my revenge. When it was all over I said to myself whoa wait a second here, this aint the guy. It was all a misunderstanding. Action 5 news: So, you feel bad? Turtle: NO.

[@rbagel55]

I thought snapping turtles preyed on fish mostly, guess I was wrong.

[@michaelinhouston9086]

They also kill ducks, baby gators, and snakes

[@TINKYSTEELE]

They probably been In there a looooog time