Travelers hitting the road this summer in Kansas may come across a turtle or two trying to cross the street. But do they need ...

How Big Can They Get? An alligator snapping turtle is bigger than a common snapping turtle and can weigh over 150 pounds. ©Gabbie Berry/Shutterstock.com ...

The main difference is the size, Riedle said. Common snapping turtles can usually reach around 30 to 40 pounds. In Kansas, the largest alligator snapping turtle recorded was 138 pounds.

Visit Bone Crusher, the 107-year-old alligator snapping turtle at GSC. Weighing 120 lbs, he recently moved to the aquarium, showcasing his incredible longevity.

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Pennington’s other 25 species are all non-natives, including sulcata tortoises, red-footed tortoises, river cooters, yellow-bellied sliders and an alligator snapping turtle.

Snapping turtles are aquatic turtles that live in river systems, streams, ponds, lakes, and more. Box Turtle vs Snapping Turtle: Distribution Both box turtles and snapping turtles live across most of ...

Alligator snapping turtles are native to the southeastern U.S. and East Texas and serve as the apex predator for their ecosystems The aquarium partnered with Texas Turtles to complete physicals for ...

However, there are reports of an even bigger alligator snapping turtle found in Kansas in 1937. Although it was never officially recorded, its weight was rumored to be a whopping 403 pounds!

Forty, dinner-plate-sized alligator snapping turtles, about to be released into the wild. The last known living alligator snapping turtle collected in Kansas was found in Onion Creek, a tributary of ...