Turtles lack teeth, but the cutting edge of the mouth of a 100-pound turtle is a formidable biting tool. An alligator snapper can bite a finger off, and I know of three documented cases.

Turtles lack teeth, but the cutting edge of the mouth of a 100-pound turtle is a formidable biting tool. An alligator snapper can bite a finger off, and I know of three documented cases.

You wouldn’t normally see the words “turtle” and “lightning-fast” in the same sentence, but common snapping turtles have skills that put Olympic athletes to shame. Although some people in the comments ...

Snapping turtles can bite, yes, but they only bother humans when they feel threatened. ... 31,228 people played the daily Crossword recently.

With summer in full swing, there's nothing more tempting than cooling off in a body of water, especially in places like Texas ...

Any turtle is capable of biting a person, but some types almost never will while other types never miss any opportunity. Here's what you need to know.

Snapping turtles are not the kind of animal that most people think of as “cute” with their funnel-shaped noses, thick, warty bodies, and armored tails. ... Though they can bite, ...

Randell said, "People were scared of snapping turtles." Randell said, "The compassion for them has definitely changed. They are actually very mellow when in the water.

She decided to take the turtle out of the water, using three pairs of gloves and a shopping basket to scoop him up. This despite the fact that the creature has a bite force of 1,000 pounds, "which ...

Parker Gibbons sits behind a 150-pound alligator snapping turtle at the Turtle ... Most U.S. turtles fit somewhere along a gradient from the few kinds that almost never bite people to those that ...