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The alligator snapping turtle is the smallest freshwater turtle in North America and among the largest in the world. It is referred to as "the dinosaur of the turtle world."their group name is bale or dole and they are distant relatives to  the common snapper. It has a spiked shell, beaklike jaws, a thick scaled tail, a unique wormlike lure in the bottom of its tongue, a point ed snout, almost as tall as a 6-ft man, and almost two time as wide as too. Its tongue is bright red and worm-shaped and it can draw fish or frogs close enough so they can snatch it. Also, the lining of its mouth is gray media type="youtube" key="XsiFegKBm-o" height="157.5" width="210" align="left" and black. They are only predators, but when <span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">they come across a fish, it completely ignores it. They weigh about <span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">175 pounds. Some alligator snapping turtles weigh more than 220 pounds. In the Neosho River in Kansas, a 4000-lb alligator snapping turtle was found! It isn't a prey because algae cover <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">h carapace making it almost invisible to fish. The snapping turtle's shell has three large, pronounced ridges and has a tiny head and powerful jaws. A male alligators snapping turtle's shell can be 26 s its roug <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">inches longs. Females are much smaller. You can find this species in rivers, canals, and lakes off the southeastern US. They are in danger and is a threatened species but they aren't protected because their population is huge. They don't have any <span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">natural predators. They live up to 200 years and spend most of their lives in the water. They have to breathe for air every 30 seconds, though. A female trudges about 160 feet to nest.