Ancient alligator snapping turtle at reptile zoo

The alligator snapping turtle is one of the heaviest freshwater turtles in the world! It is also North America’s largest freshwater turtle. It isn’t close related to the Common Snapping turtle. It is listed as “Vulnerable” which means it’s been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as being threatened with extinction unless the circumstances that are threatening its survival and reproduction improve.It can be immediately distinguished from the Common Snapping Turtle b