How to tell Common from Alligator Snapping Turtles!!

[@mlblue5355]

Thanks for showing how to properly pickup and hold a Common Snapping Turtle. I saved one that was trying to cross a road at 1pm. After turning on my hazard lights and getting out of my Jeep, a truck pulled up, and a guy that got out said “hold it by the tail”, I said “No, that will hurt him”. This turtle appeared to be 7-10 years old and had a long thick tail. It was a nice size one! I let the turtle go in our lake. It was heading for the same lake, but taking a long way to get to it. Saved a baby in Spring, saw a juvenile by our dock eating a dead carp, and now saved a good size one today. These turtles are amazing!

[@BACKYARDHIKERS]

Really good comparison and conservation message. Came here after visiting few more channels and reading few articles. Wanted to identify a turtle my wife saw and photographed in Blue Spring State Park, Florida. At once we thought it's an alligator snapper, but wanted to be sure before having its photo in a video we will be making for our channel. The turtle in our question had what appeared to be a mix of features from both the alligator snapper and the common snapper. None of the channels we visited showed the differences using the Florida variant. Now, we are pretty sure what we have in photograph is a Florida Snapping Turtle. Thank you, Greg. Appreciate your presentation. All the best!

[@GregsTurtleHaven]

Do you have a link to the photo? I’d love to see it

[@decompressionstop1464]

Snappy New Year! Love this awesome video, and what great way to start 2020. Thanks!

[@GregsTurtleHaven]

Decompression Stop thanks, and happy new year to you too!

[@Bread45]

Little did you know 2020 would burn and crash into hell

[@jimmieparker8093]

Nice animals....1 of my 5 year old common died yesterday....i have 1 left ...but i am getting a. year old alligator snapper in couple weeks...

[@ParkersSwamp]

Greg, have you ever found a Florida snapper in the wild? I have an AST and CST but want a Florida, have you had any eggs from yours yet and if so do you sell florida hatchlings?

[@GregsTurtleHaven]

Found many wild Florida snappers over the years. Haven’t hatched any here, and I don’t sell turtles. Sorry

[@johnjalani124]

Alligator snapping turtle really is so cool.

[@guardianx1328]

Awsome video with a lot of info. Thanks!

[@PathfinderMK2]

I subscribed cuz this REALLY helped me out.

[@MariaSantos-bg7fo]

I am from New York I have encountered 3. Different ginormus turtles in my 26 years one was so large the mouth was mistaken for lobster. Claw (brother and I were cray fishing ) chased us right out of the water sawer park Rochester NY

[@boxturtle8537]

スナッパーの持ち方に余裕があり上手い！

[@IIIMoTeC]

Hey bro, can i put 2 aligetor snapping turtle together in one aquarium thank great job btw.

[@dylanmouton6504]

I wouldn’t but I’ve never owned one I have 1 common and I’m not sure about my other because it’s shell is like a mix between both

[@Alligator.commonsnappers]

Yes, easily. Many do it. I have two babies together in a 60B and they spend 90% of the time touching they are so close.

[@georgefleming4956]

Great info. Thanks

[@GregsTurtleHaven]

george fleming thanks for watching, as always! 👍🏼

[@johelreyna139]

Hey bro I found a turtle and google said it was a common snapper but it doesn’t look like any of those . It’s huge like 2 feet and it doesn’t open its mouth as much as those any ideas?

[@TommyMcTurtleson]

Thanks for all the turtle info

[@GregsTurtleHaven]

Tommy McTurtleson ❤️👊🏼

[@TheElchivo666]

Could you please explain how to identify a common snapper/ alligator hybrid? I got what was stated to be a Florida snapper, but He has a lot of alligator feathers. Anything helps. Thanks

[@diychad7268]

Alligator feathers?? Lol

[@thotran6597]

Great vid !!!

[@davidwootton8731]

Does the hybrid snapping turlte get larger then the common snapper would since its 1/2 of a alligator snapping turlte?

[@GregsTurtleHaven]

To my knowledge, they have not been around long enough for someone to raise to max size yet

[@ballistic350]

Damn can't wait for my alligator snapper to get 5" juvenile size lol I had one years ago regret selling it... damn your collections are bad ass...

[@diychad7268]

You sure it's an alligator snapper and not common because the common snapper as a baby has the spines on its shell as well

[@ballistic350]

@DIY Chad 726 yes I'm sure buddy ,if I could post pic I would to show you..ive been keeping turtles for yrs

[@jamesguralski5156]

Wow great vid.. I just found a baby alligator snapping turtle.. it's like the size of a half dollar....

[@josegarza55]

Pic pic

[@문호천어부]

Already we know about Chelydraserpentina 2 species also same heheh but this video common snapping turtle ! Look like Chelydra serpentina osceola

[@naturewithgabe]

Great video!!!

[@GregsTurtleHaven]

naturewithgabe thanks Gabe! Come visit soon 👍🏼

[@caselizdeh]

What about when the Florida snapping turtles are hatchlings? I have 3 coming in but idk if I need to make separate tanks or what

[@GregsTurtleHaven]

Cassie Catchot I find the young snappers more aggressive with each other than the adults, I recommend separate enclosures unless you want tails mangled and bitten off

[@caselizdeh]

Gregs Turtle Haven okay thank you!!!

[@frugalspoon1446]

Love your channel. I am sure Rufus, my baby snapping turtle will benefit from your videos. I'm thinking way down the road, but how do you keep a 20 pound snapping turtle during the winter in middle Illinois. It's kind of a depressing thought for me, but I know Rufus will grow, and the garage gets really cold. A cow trough would take an entire parking spot in the garage. Regardless, I will be back again and again for help. Adios.

[@diychad7268]

They can live in pretty darn cold waters for a good amount of time, like just above freezing (as all water that is still in liquid form is) water they can live in for a month or more so being in your garage it won't be too hard to keep the water at least just above freezing, but being in a garage I would think even 50 degrees shouldn't be an issue and that's with no sort of heater in the water

[@bichosymonstruitos]

Hello Friend ! I want to ask you a favor, could you put Spanish subtitles in your videos? It would help your channel to grow a lot and so I could understand what you say I find very interesting

[@GregsTurtleHaven]

BichosYmonstruitos yes, let me look into how to do that

[@bichosymonstruitos]

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[@truonghuu7259]

I like it

[@dnico]

Epic turtles dude ✨✨✨💚💚💚💚🐢🐢🐢🐢🤙🤙🤙👌🤟

[@josegarza55]

Where can i legaly buy a alligator snapping

[@brazie.925]

Awesome!

[@GregsTurtleHaven]

Kevin Brazie 🐢👍🏼👊🏼

[@justintyme4690]

Ah yes. The inconvenient head shit. He probably had to sit still for a few seconds

[@amandagoodman2634]

I was trying to figure out what species my baby snapper is

[@jaygeeherping101]

"Take a minute to talk" this video is 13 minutes long you liar! Lol Im just playing, awesome video. I grew up catching huge ones as a kid (common snappers)

[@GregsTurtleHaven]

Haha, thanks for watching! Theres nothing like catching snappers

[@Jimi182]

@@GregsTurtleHaven you have become my absolute favorite KZbin channel. I have a common snapping turtle and 18 other turtles of various species. I have been keeping turtles since 1995 and I still learn things from time to time watching your channel. Thanks for what you do for the turtles.

[@GregsTurtleHaven]

Thanks for watching and loving turtles! 👊🏼🐢❤️

[@Jimi182]

@@GregsTurtleHaven I am about to up my turtle game, I hope to have a building about the size of a 3 car garage next summer dedicated to my shell addiction.

[@user-yr9hl2mk5h]

I like you videos but moving forward you can’t keep using the same music as Chandlers wildlife. use something different that people will recognise to being linked to your videos. That said keep the content up 👍

[@GregsTurtleHaven]

Hey thanks for watching and thanks for the input; the music is just the free music that comes with iMovie and I use the music that fits the vibe of the videos, that one is just been a favorite of mine. I’ve been downloading some new stuff outside of the iMovie library, but free rights music is pretty hit or miss. Again thanks for your advice 👍🏼👊🏼

[@porri5438]

Alligators have the worm in the mouth and are more dark... i think

[@GregsTurtleHaven]

porrimuu yes, alligator snappers have the worm tongue, and both are dark as hatchlings, but both also can become quite light with age. I’ve seen brilliant yellow and cream colored adult alligator snappers, and I’ve seen both common snappers and AST completely stained almost black from muck, so color isn’t much of a factor.

[@porri5438]

@@GregsTurtleHaven i wish i could have them but i need to get a own house and graduate

[@rhombifer566]

it’s easy they don’t look 👀 any thing a like

[@Costeop]

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