Alligator snapping turtle would have died if it not saved from tarn
THE rescue centre where Fluffy the alligator snapping turtle is recuperating said he would not have survived in the wild.
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THE rescue centre where Fluffy the alligator snapping turtle is recuperating said he would not have survived in the wild.
THE rescue centre where Fluffy the alligator snapping turtle is recuperating said he would not have survived in the wild.
Today marks one week since Fluffy, the alligator snapping turtle, was found near Ulverston, Cumbria and made the international press.
An alligator snapping turtle, a freshwater reptile native to Florida, surprised veterinarians when it turned up in a small lake in England.
Courtesy Dr. Dominic Moule(NEW YORK) -- A snapping alligator turtle -- with a bite fierce enough to sever human bone -- was mysteriously discovered an ocean away from its natural habitat. Dr. Dominic Moule, a veterinary surgeon at Wild Side Vets in Cumbria, England, explained to ABC News on Monday how a snapping alligator turtle was discovered in Urswick Tarn, a pond in England, and delivered to his clinic last week. The "dinosaur-like" reptiles are native to rivers and swamps in Florida and do not migrate, according to Moule, who notes the turtles can grow up to roughly 40 inches lo...