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Oh, snap, guess what he saw? A dog walker in Cumbria, United Kingdom, came across an interesting creature last week. Denise Chamberlain, a parish councilor, saw a post on Facebook about the ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - After a decades-long disappearance, a species of snapping turtle is set to make its way back into Kansas waters. The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks announced in June ...
BATTLE GROUND — High school girls golfers competing in the IHSAA regional championships had an unexpected fan invade the 12th hole at Battle Ground Golf Club. Crawling on four legs in a shell was an ...
The snapping alligator turtle can reach 40 inches long and up to 180 pounds. A snapping alligator turtle-- with a bite fierce enough to sever human bone -- was mysteriously discovered an ocean away ...
FAIRMONT, W.Va. (WBOY) — Residents in Fairmont got a snappy surprise on Sunday when a snapping turtle “ran out of gas” in a parking lot. A photo posted to Facebook by the Fairmont Police Department in ...
The famed snapping turtle, dubbed “Chonkosaurus” by internet commentators when pictures of her basking on a Chicago River pylon first went viral in summer 2023, reappeared earlier this week. The ...
AUSTIN The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) is offering rewards of up to $1,000 for Texans who report poaching of alligator snapping turtles through Texas’ wildlife crime-stoppers program, ...
CHICAGO — Footage of a plump snapping turtle relaxing along a Chicago waterway has gone viral after the man who filmed the well-fed reptile marveled at its size and nicknamed it “Chonkosaurus." Joey ...
Footage of a plump snapping turtle relaxing along a Chicago waterway has gone viral after the man who filmed the well-fed reptile marveled at its size and nicknamed it "Chonkosaurus." Joey Santore was ...
If you report someone for poaching alligator snapping turtles, you could take home a sizeable sum of cash. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) was previously rewarding up to $1,000 to ...
He’s Chicago’s biggest celebrity. A massive snapping turtle sunbaking on a pile of rusty chains in the Chicago River has captured the hearts of locals, who have affectionately dubbed it “Chonkosaurus.