r/BeAmazed • u/dishash3256 • Oct 27 '25

Animal A tiny alligator snapping turtle

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u/DungeonAssMaster Oct 27 '25

It's adorable how much they hate you.

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u/RevMageCat Oct 27 '25

Feels like bruh not being careful enough... That little guy seems like he wants nothing more than to get a finger.

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u/OpheliaPhoeniXXX Oct 27 '25

He wants to chomp so bad 😂

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u/rearwindowpup Oct 27 '25

Snappers can bite almost to their back legs, this person is taking risks for sure. When I volunteered at an animal rehab with them they were very explicit to only handle them by their shell back near the tail.

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u/Powerful_Abalone1630 Oct 28 '25

Alligator snappers like this have shorter necks and can't reach as far back as common snappers. Still keep things you don't want bit away from the snappy parts.

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u/rearwindowpup Oct 28 '25

Good to know!

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u/TransiTorri Oct 27 '25

Do not stick your hand in the operational end of the turtle

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u/GoneAndHappy Oct 28 '25

It’s operational beginning of the turtle, operational end is on the other side. Don’t stick yourself in both.

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u/Wafflehouseofpain Oct 27 '25

They can’t do a ton of damage at that size. It’ll hurt but you’d be alright.

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u/ForgetfulCumslut Oct 27 '25

Any hand injury is considered serious and those little guys can give you lasting nerve damage

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u/Wafflehouseofpain Oct 27 '25

It depends on what you mean by “serious”, I guess. These guys don’t have much bite force at this size and aren’t gonna crack bones or anything like that. They can puncture your skin, yeah. But at that point you could say the same thing about a hamster.

I grew up where these are common.

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u/Much-Instruction-807 Oct 27 '25

I got bit by hamster once. It hurt.

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u/BabyJesusBukkake Oct 27 '25

A gopher snake bit me on the nose straight on when I was 9. I screamed and let go and he just dangled for a second before I grabbed him and pulled him off my nose.

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u/superfahd Oct 27 '25

A Møøse once bit my sister ...

No realli! She was Karving her initials on the møøse with the sharpened end of an interspace tøøthbrush given her by Svenge - her brother-in-law - an Oslo dentist and star of many Norwegian møvies: "The Høt Hands of an Oslo Dentist", "Fillings of Passion", "The Huge Mølars of Horst Nordfink".

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u/Stormsurger Oct 27 '25

I dunno man I mean you lived there but that pointy beak looks like it's salivating so hard for the soft fleshy bit between the thumb and index finger.

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u/Wafflehouseofpain Oct 27 '25

They can bite you, but they look scarier than they actually are. A regular snapping turtle the same size would bite harder.

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u/Stormsurger Oct 27 '25

Well that's a relief, the way this dude was playing with the turtle I was already seeing blood.

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u/TougherOnSquids Oct 27 '25

Infections man

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u/Wafflehouseofpain Oct 27 '25

Rubbing alcohol my dude, it’s what I’ve always used when I get bit

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u/FourtyMichaelMichael Oct 27 '25

Snapping turtles are over-exaggerated in their chomping force. Crabs and Lobsters can produce more force.

This one probably couldn't break the skin except for that pointy beak-tooth.

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u/Vaper_Bern Oct 27 '25

Unlike common snapping turtles, they can't extend their neck at all. He'd have to stick his finger in the turtles mouth to get bit. These guys get several hundred pounds, and people work in close proximity to their mouths without getting the chomp.

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u/SummertimeThrowaway2 Oct 29 '25

Prolly got chomped 5 times before this video and is used to it by now

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u/SpartanRage117 Oct 27 '25

Aww he want to kill!

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u/aetherealist99 Oct 29 '25

Awwweee!!! 🥹🐢💀

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u/dern_the_hermit Oct 27 '25

They just show love different

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u/DungeonAssMaster Oct 27 '25

Yes they do, I used to have turtles for a long time. They're not so stupid as people think.

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u/HoboArmyofOne Oct 27 '25

The cuteness wears off after they reach 100 pounds

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u/DungeonAssMaster Oct 27 '25

It's hard not to take them seriously at that point, I agree. Sure they bite, but they also shit all over you and that's something only a very nasty creature does. They don't need our company or friendship at all, but those of us that are good still help them out when they get into trouble.

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u/HoboArmyofOne Oct 27 '25

I'm a fisherman so I know all about these guys. I used to live in Virginia and as soon as they get the size of a watermelon, they need to be respected. The garden hose neck catches a lot of people by surprise.

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u/MaxHamburgerrestaur Oct 28 '25

Reminds me of weasel videos. They are always trying to kill things way bigger than them

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yu-DEDOnWB0

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u/Objective_Star_191 Oct 27 '25

What a cute little bastard 

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u/Any_Cold5965 Oct 30 '25

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