Removing Leeches from Snapping Turtles!

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Freshwater leeches are a common sight on turtles but some turtle species can free themselves of them. When it comes to alligator snapping turtles, they can easily become infested with leeches because they spend the majority of their lives submerged under water. Our giant alligator snappers are covered in leeches and I’ve called on friends to give me a hand with safely removing them!
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Chris and Casey Leone

[@TheDrPlants]

I’m so thankful I got to visit! I’m so not thankful for the leeches!

[@drseeds7285]

Naah Bro that intro he did for you is insane! That’s drplants: frcking Gigachad appears

[@samhoffman1257]

The snapping turtle could have easily killed the leeches

[@LexyTheEbikeQueen]

U are so beautiful

[@DanTheTurtleMan_]

Such a blast! Thank you again for letting me swing by!

[@Sybil_Detard]

Turtle geeks geekin' out. Nice to see people excited by wholesome things. Turtles are such sweet, lovely creatures. And very powerful, they can make the biggest jerk pull over to move a turtle out of traffic.

[@PotooBurd]

10:33 happy turtle dudes chanting “yes yes yes” *with grabby hands* 🙌

[@pandap4ntz]

@10:00 I never realized how cute it is when turtles desperately flail their feet around trying to run away as they're being held, but they're only treading air... poor babies, lol. Btw, your turtles are always a joy to see, especially the snappers.

[@StonedtotheBones13]

😂 The air swimmies always make me feel a lil bad. But it IS encouraging with some reaches esp

[@pandap4ntz]

@@StonedtotheBones13 lol, "air swimmies" is the perfect discription of this. It makes me feel a lil bad too, b/c it's so cute, but I know the turtle just wants to be set down 🙃

[@vickielawless]

Wonderful to see Chief Brody so relaxed throughout. A total contrast to the mainstream media who like to paint these turtles as monsters who will rip your child's arm off..

[@ArtThatElevatesTheSoul]

that was my idea of them too until I saw the first video on Chief Brody. He might look ugly but he's still a fantastic representation of his species. And I now find it so "cute" to see the big guy with his mouth open looking so fierce!

[@The_Crucible714]

Probably not a bad idea to teach little children to be careful around snappers. By the same token parents should teach their kids about the important role reptiles play in nature, including snakes.

[@jeanninelockridge5235]

Turtle geeks come together to geek out!!! I love it!! This is so much fun to watch❤❤

[@mamachola6889]

Chris & Casey! What a wonderful day for you! A bunch of turtle 🐢 nerds geeking out having a blast! So glad you had help for Chief Brody &his leeches! The smile on All the guys faces is priceless! What a magical day 🌠 thank you for sharing it with us 🙏❤

[@ashtonjones5768]

This was enjoyable.. Seeing everyone's enthusiasm, love, and respect for the animals was awesome.

[@Lisatk]

You guys are so great about educating us, it’s nice to see you enjoy spending time with people who share your knowledge and love of these wonderful animals.

[@marimbagirl1993]

Who called Chief Brody a monster?? I would fight for this turtle ❤️

[@vixenligon1167]

Same❤ He is wonderful ❤

[@The_Crucible714]

I’ve never seen a snapper -alligator or common, with a yellow head. That was wild!

[@evamurray4478]

Aww he was the goodest boy ❤ I love their little hog noses 🐽 he looks really content and peaceful

[@budoneof15]

I love it. Watching these turtle guys. They get so excited

[@spearmanerica676]

I don’t see them as monsters I actually am in love this is my very favorite turtle 🐢 thee Alligator Snapping turtle 🐢 I love them with all the Algae on them I think it’s soo cute too me I find them very interesting creatures 🐢💕🐢💕🐢💕🐢💕

[@turtleanton6539]

They are very cool. Bjt i think maybe some algae might be removed because it blocks UVB

[@vixenligon1167]

They’re my favorite too

[@Expeditionwildside]

Bunch of cool dudes and cool turtles 🐢

[@travisduarte4236]

We have 3 red dragons one from GST, and they are super great to keep. They never turn dwn food. They are very interactive once they get used to you.

[@wendyloughery]

How did you take them out of his mouth and love watching others that care about turtles come and help out and are excited about them thanks for sharing

[@The_Crucible714]

*_VERY_* carefully, I would hope! 😂

[@StonedtotheBones13]

I would guess tongs. Hopefully.

[@horsetuna]

I'm surprised they can connect through the shell. Also I tried to find some sort of animal that eats leeches, but the internet wasnt specific enough sadly. Did Dan say 'Screw you, I'm always trippin?"?? lol I wish I could come visit someday! I dont know how much 'work' I can do but I would be happy to feed or something.

[@terryhill5509]

Watching all of these men geeking out in joy over turtles/tortoises is such a pleasure!

[@spiercephotography]

Omg, leeches are my nightmare! I always used to be afraid of getting some stuck on my leg 😂 How fascinating in regards to the head color, that dominant males are always yellow. That's neat! So was watching Chief Brody blow bubbles while Dan was putting him back in.

[@The_Crucible714]

I know there are tropical terrestrial forest leaches but I had no idea aquatic North American leaches could travel across land!

[@12thstcd]

Man, I LOVE when you have all the turtle rock stars together!! What a fun day for you and Casey!

[@afungiwholikesturtles4676]

Dan's got me checking my Duckweed now

[@lindad1195]

I watch Greg’s channel and Dan the turtle man to! It’s great to see you all together!

[@easybreezy4559]

Poor Chief Brody… those in his mouth are eek no thanks

[@liamgantt]

love your videos my grandmother recently lost my yearling sulcata while I was in Hawaii on vacation I'm looking to get an eastern Herman's and luckily you guys have the best care guides

[@edreid7872]

Why do I have an overwhelming urge to watch the African Queen..😂

[@k.6160]

Haha, ooh the leeches!!! 😲

[@edreid7872]

@@k.6160 For sure.. We always waited for that scene as kids.. It's short but so effective…🤣..we’d always chuckled when Hepburn would check for leeches, neglecting to check down his pants..😅

[@juliejones974]

Watch Stand By Me.

[@edreid7872]

@@juliejones974 I saw it once, but don't recall leeches.. I'll have to see it again..

[@keldaMouse]

love to Chief Brody and family. He is the chillest cutest boy! Blessings.

[@caughtafaygo]

Yes get them off the chief!! Wooo!! No one talks over Dan the turtle man! 😤😜 Awesome video everyone

[@pegedey1291]

So lovely to see y'all together enjoying your turtles 🐢 ❤️ glad you got those things off Chief Brody! Love the tug of war over the strawberry 🍓 😊

[@kellilee7433]

Also wonderful teaching about the leaches

[@erikadowdy2382]

I LOVE TURTLES❤

[@sharonealleyne9839]

You didn't introduce them to Otis?! Missed opportunity!❤

[@blessedbeauty2293]

- 7:25 Just subscribed to Greg's Turtle Haven 🐢 😍. Thanks. Otherwise I probably wouldn't have found him. I've been subscribed to Mr. Plants && you forever.

[@reptilemetaljen]

Greg is awesome! Great video! 🐢🐢🎸

[@rebeccacamacho-sobczak4282]

Just so cool to hear and see all this!

[@chrisc.czarnopys7618]

What an enjoyable video with your friends.!❤

[@jenpink4298]

This looks like so much fun! I’m glad you got to hang out with your friends and enjoy all of your gorgeous beasties ❤

[@jannsmith9486]

What an AWESOME day 😍🥰

[@AJen912]

I hope they got to meet Otis and Mickey!!

[@StevenShepard-z7r]

There are directions on u tube how to make traps to catch leeches. Usually a folded piece of sheet metal baited with beef liver.

[@hooliganfunnetty4712]

Excellent vlog!!! Blessings

[@Optimusprimerib36]

My buddy and I pushed one off the road in the middle of tobacco fields. Water was at last half mile away. He was scary badass

[@josephkunkel902]

Wow LEECHES...Love your channel! I live in nearby Cape May. Visiting friends in Vermont they have a small pond (2,000sq ft) for swimming! However it has leeches. They were going to add crawfish that will eat the leeches which will greatly reduce, cleanup the leeches. Then later add bass to eat both the crawfish and leeches.

[@neosunrider]

:3 Glad Chief Brody got those leeches off now.

[@pattiklaus9580]

The habitats are so beautifully landscaped! Just a question: is there handwashing between habitats?

[@jonathanyoungblood8676]

I love duck weed (Dan) I want to smoke it 😂😂😂😂leave it to the turtle man to say some stuff like that

[@mvl3713]

Mild table salt in water spray..

[@dawnjaroch395]

Great video just wish your video's were longer your so interesting to watch!!! Love the turtles 🐢

[@burf90]

The whole time I watched the de-leeching, I was waiting to see who was stup... er... brave - yeah, that's it - *brave* enough to remove the ones in Chief Brody's mouth. 😂😂Since you all still have hands with fingers, I guess you found a way.

[@farmerjohn2262]

You need to reduce the habitat for leeches by removing the organic debris on the bottom of the pond.

[@catrinalopes5723]

Cool seeing so many turtle/ tortoise people on one chanel

[@heatherhorton2547]

How did you remove the leech from the mouth?

[@peggypetterson5585]

How could anyone call Chief Brody is a monster? Chief Brody is one handsome dude!!😊

[@robinheater1817]

Omg I hope they’ll be ok

[@MickaelEngel]

Wow my 2 favourite youtubers in a same video 😮

[@rebekkariblet4500]

Amazing job with turtles 🐢 so nice to see

[@emilschwalbe4894]

so, I'm making a pond outside for my European pond turtles. I want it to look exactly like this pond at 13:11 so how did you build it, how deep is the pond and what substrate? love the ecosystem!

[@kevinpoe8137]

I’ve only ever seen native leeches once and that was a few years ago when we were clear cutting and cleaning up the other side of our pond and one of the logs we removed had a few leeches underneath it

[@PotooBurd]

“Another method of controlling leeches is to utilize leech traps. To do this, take an aluminum or coffee can, punch small holes in them that are small enough for leeches to fit in, then use bait such as raw chicken and put it into the pond's shallow areas” -fitzfishponds “Most any fish large enough to eat leeches will eat them, but you may consider adding more aggressive fish like bass or redear sunfish to your pond.“ - thepondguy

[@GregWittstockThePondGuy]

I can help!

[@googleaccount718]

Nice team job 👍🏻

[@bayuTheturtle4567]

Thank you for saving him

[@debbeasher-k4764]

Fun times🎉

[@loriw2661]

Fantastic! The Chief looks spectacular. Question: Is there a safe way to get rid of those leaches or do you wait for winter (if that kills them)? 🐢❤️🐢

[@jerirotramel9306]

That is one big mud dragon

[@sandyaw3057]

Poor turtles! 😢

[@karaleeann1211]

Can you treat all the water in ponds with salt like you would an aquarium? ❤❤❤⁉️🐢🥰😎👍

[@keancastieltandavid4365]

Bro sounds like coyote peterson

[@PotooBurd]

Hybrid vigor is defiantly impactful.

[@christy615]

Is Skittles okay? I watched Kamp Kennen's visit to your place, and we saw Scuttles, but Skittles wasn't next to him. The albino diamond backed terrapins were next to him.

[@JeremyFigaro]

I got lots of turtles

[@danieweaver1078]

Any updates on Unit and Janet????

[@flimsynoodle7470]

3:43 does not look like he has a thought in that brain of his (fly in his eye)

[@Treeplanter73]

Did he say he wanted to smoke the duckweed??

[@katya4802]

Didnt you just pull him out last week and he was okay?

[@chasebenz9141]

Could you throw a little salt in your pond water? To kill the leaches.

[@SotasExotics]

I want invite next time you have a get together !

[@charlottechapman726]

1 min gang

[@cobalt1754]

I gotta know, how did you remove the leech inside Chief Brody's mouth?

[@sinenomine4540]

Both common and alligator snappers are highly misunderstood worldwide.

[@nyayumii5644]

Flubenzol

[@kellilee7433]

Is there a machine that can tell the sex of a tortoise while they are small?

[@davidfoye4359]

I PUT A BIGGER SNAPPING TURTLE BACK IN THE WATER ABOUT 2 YRS AGO MUDDY RIVER BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS

[@maryannmcmahon5707]

Are you going to get the leeches off of the roof of his mouth???? I can’t watch

[@Alex-ts7jd]

Do you have any reeves turtles

[@afungiwholikesturtles4676]

Leeches suck! Great work

[@cathrynlisa]

As do hoovers

[@neveralone7]

What about Ellen?

[@jonathanchavez7329]

Second

[@charlottechapman726]

First

[@Wisepati]

So very interesting. I know that in China, they eat a lot of the turtles and they are critically endangered. They are due to human predation. They are also making other animals critically endangered, but I won’t go there.

[@erichtomanek4739]

Sad Pangolin noises ...

[@SeattleDonna206]

Ewwww

[@ambersheridan6113]

would an alligator snapping turtle eat a Playko catfish one of the armored catfish that are invasive's

[@liamgantt]

love your videos my grandmother recently lost my yearling sulcata while I was in Hawaii on vacation I'm looking to get an eastern Herman's and luckily you guys have the best care guides

[@pattdunn9845]

How did you get the one out of his mouth?