Thread: Warning over the Alligator Snapping Turtle

Pran Buri District Fishery Officer Narisa Noosorn has warned Thais to be very careful if they find a strange turtle in a river or a dam.


The warning was issued after a 12-inch-long turtle weighing about 18 kilograms, which is not native in Thailand, was found by a Thai man who was fishing in the Pran Buri River yesterday (March 4, 2021).


The Alligator Snapping Turtle is a species of turtle in the family Chelydridae. It is native to freshwater habitats in the United States and is the largest freshwater species of turtle in North America, according to the Thai-language daily Khao Sod.


Another Thai fisherman had earlier seen a bigger Alligator Turtle in the Pran Buri River.


Pran Buri Fishery Officer Narisa Noosorn said this species of turtle is rare and also furious. It is often found in the eastern and southern parts of the United States.


Warning over the Alligator Snapping Turtle

Jeepers, he looks a furious beast!

Originally Posted by misskit

Pran Buri Fishery Officer Narisa Noosorn said this species of turtle is rare and also furious

...probably desperate for a mate...

The problem will be solved once someone comes up with a recipe for a soup or a chinky herbal sex aid.

I have personally seen a few of these Turtles duck hunting with a few of my buddies out along the central Texas US fly way and they can snap a 2" diameter branch like it was a toothpick. Their jaws are incredibly powerful. They are also exceptionally fast and quite stealthy. If you happen to be walking by them in the water your big toe can be clipped off before you even feel the pain. They get much bigger than that 12" incher.

Here is a a vid,

Originally Posted by misskit

this species of turtle is rare and also furious

Originally Posted by JPPR2

They are also exceptionally fast

Fast and furious too...

Originally Posted by Looper

Fast and furious too...

Delayed until June

Blimey, I've always thought of turtles as harmless, timid creatures.

Trust the US to have aggressive ones with big gobs.