Alligator Snapping Turtle
(Macrochelys temminckii)

Found in the freshwater rivers and lakes of the southeastern United States, the Alligator Snapping Turtle is one of the heaviest freshwater turtles in the world!

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Its bite is one of the most powerful of any turtle, capable of easily snapping through bone!

It lures prey using a pink, worm-like appendage on its tongue!