1. Common snapping turtle
2. Chelydra serpentina
3. They have powerful jaws and highly mobile necks and heads. Snapping turtles developed the snapping attack simply because they are too big. They are too big to fully fit in their shell so snapping is their way of a deffensive mechanism. They usually don't bight humans, when confronted they slip into the water.
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5.They eat anything they can swallow, which includes fish, frogs, reptiles, birds, and mammals, They are omnivores.
6. In most areas these turtles are hunted for their meat. This is used for turtle soup.
7. I chose the snapping turtle because, well, we have a turtle in our aquarium. Also, i wanted to learn more about my favorite type of turtle.