Sentences with phrase «snapping turtle macrochelys»

We're used to squirrels, rabbits, opossums, racoons and a deer or turkey now and then but this weekend we saw a coyote and a snapping turtle.

The scientific name of the common snapping turtle, Chelydra serpentina, is a nod to the very long, agile, and «snake - like» neck of the species — angered snapping turtles are able to maneuver their necks with surprising speed and dexterity in a bid to ward off attackers with a powerful snap of their beak - like jaws.

A digitally painted image of a genetically spliced creature (human being, canine, snapping turtle)

Ever wonder what an octopus looks like with a snake, a chicken, a penguin, and a snapping turtle instead of arms?

If you encounter a creature with a bite pressure exceeding 1000 psi., you have encountered a hyena, a snapping turtle, a crocodile, or some other wild animal — not a dog.

An Idaho science teacher is under investigation after reportedly feeding a live puppy to a classroom snapping turtle while several students watched...

An Idaho science teacher's cruelty didn't end when he fed a puppy to his classroom pet, a snapping turtle.

Feeding a puppy to an alligator snapping turtle does not illustrate the «circle of life.»

Robert Crosland, a well - loved science teacher at Preston, Idaho's Preston Junior High School is under investigation by local police and the school board after allegedly feeding a live puppy to one of the classroom pets, a snapping turtle.

Like rubbing an alligator's belly or placing a snapping turtle on its back to immobilize it, this technique seems to invoke a scruff response.

A 10 - pound snapping turtle recently found at the Yoncalla Water Treatment Plant is a good reminder not to release pet turtles into the wild.»

ROSEBURG - «A 10 - pound snapping turtle recently found at the Yoncalla Water Treatment Plant is a good reminder not to release pet turtles into the wild.»

We will often drive for fun and stop often to look at fun things, a historical site, a snapping turtle, or an eagle nesting in the trees.

A man in a white apron told us it was illegal to sell alligator snapping turtle in the US.

Phillips plucked from the water a 22 - pound, 15 - inch long female alligator snapping turtle that was twice as long as the one he was looking for, and at least 18 years old.

Researchers were surprised to find a rare, wild alligator snapping turtle in a creek in southern Illinois, the first found in the state since 1984.

«First wild alligator snapping turtle in Illinois since 1984.»

In October 2014, when Illinois Natural History Survey herpetologist Chris Phillips donned a wetsuit and dove to the bottom of Clear Creek in Union County, Illinois, he was looking for a young male alligator snapping turtle with a radio transmitter on its back.

Turtles — like this alligator snapping turtle Macrochelys temminckii — are a diverse group of animals with a hotly contested evolutionary history.

Conservation of coastal rivers of the northern Gulf of Mexico is vital to the survival of the alligator snapping turtle, including two recently discovered species, University of Florida scientists say.

A new study appearing this week in the journal Zootaxa shows the alligator snapping turtle, the largest freshwater turtle in the Western Hemisphere and previously believed to be one species, is actually three separate species.

We were at a place called the lower lobe and we were listening to birds and just there was this moment and oh my god, there was this huge snapping turtle.

«They hardly ever come onto land, and they don't swim in seawater either,» he says, which helps explain how a distinct species arose, in the case of the Suwannee alligator snapping turtle, in just one river.

A Computed Tomography rendering of a snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina) showing the skeleton (white), lungs (blue), and abdominal muscles (red and pink) used to ventilate the lungs.

Niagara County SPCA officials are asking for the public's help identifying an individual involved in the brutal beating of a snapping turtle last month.

Before making his public debut, Dante, a 13 - year - old alligator snapping turtle (Macroclemys temminckii), needed to check in with the veterinary team at Shedd Aquarium.

We brought our furry snapping turtle home and instantly fell in love.

One morning, staff at Chicago's Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum discovered that Patsy, a 14 - pound alligator snapping turtle, was alone in the 75 - gallon tank that she would soon outgrow.

Alligator snapping turtle gets a new home on Chicago's North Side - Fox 32 Chicago - January 19, 2017 An unusual - looking turtle that needs some room to grow moved into some new digs Thursday at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum on Chicago's North Side.

The scissors probably weren't needed today: Patsy the «alligator snapping turtle» has a set of jaws so powerful she could have cut the ribbon herself.

Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum's Celeste Troon prepares to place Patsy McNasty, an alligator snapping turtle, in her new tank.

Two of Reid's divers have been bitten by alligators or whacked by their tails; another surrendered a finger to a snapping turtle.

A pack of «pet» snapping turtles live in a pond - like water feature at the hotel's front entrance for which the valet staff will eagerly provide you with food to feed them.

Because of the species» engendered status, it's illegal to hunt alligator snapping turtles in Illinois.

Patsy came to the museum six years ago as an ambassador for alligator snapping turtles, which are endangered in Illinois and other states.

«We're concerned about the decline in snapping turtles,» said Collette Adkins - Giese, an attorney with the national Center for Biological Diversity.

Until early in the 20th century, alligator snapping turtles were plentiful from headwaters in the Midwest into swamps of the Deep South, but «river turtles were hit hard in the 1960s and 1970s,» Roman says.

Despite their heavy armor and fearsome jaws, alligator snapping turtles have been decimated by habitat destruction, overharvesting, illegal pet trade, water pollution and other assaults.

Taxonomic assessment of Alligator Snapping Turtles (Chelydridae: Macrochelys), with the description of two new species from the southeastern United States

«There are no alligator snapping turtles in the seven rivers between the Suwannee and Ochlockonee (Aucilla, Econfina, Fenholloway, Saint Marks, Steinhatchee, Wacissa and Wakulla).

There are an estimated 1,500 painted turtles at the reserve, along with about 250 Blanding's and 250 snapping turtles, Congdon said.

Thomas said the species» survival remains a concern due to its restricted range and Florida law prohibits the possession, capture and pursuit of alligator snapping turtles.

In addition to Blanding's turtles, painted turtles and snapping turtles are also studied at the 1,297 - acre E.S. George Reserve, which was established in 1930.

Locating any wild turtles in these counties will help determine the next steps — whether to preserve a population or reintroduce more alligator snapping turtles in Illinois.

«If we succeed with our project in introducing a new, viable population of alligator snapping turtles, it's likely that no one will see them,» Phillips said.

«However, since no wild alligator snapping turtles have been found in Illinois since 1984, reintroduction efforts make sense.»

«Finding this individual does not indicate that there is a functional, stable population of wild alligator snapping turtles in Southern Illinois,» Kessler said.

For years, INHS researchers have conducted extensive trapping, and have called for citizen observations along Clear Creek for signs of wild alligator snapping turtles, but to no avail.

5 Things I've Seen On My Summer Runs Turtles... I usually don't see snapping turtles, he must have been relocated after Harvey.

And his generals have unleashed thousands of intergalactic hounds — what look to be a cross between snapping turtles and WWE wrestlers — upon Wakanda.