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How long can snapping turtles live? How to judge the age of snapping turtles?

Gustavo 'Gus' Fring
2021-07-20 14:31:21
Snapping turtles live between 15 and 60 years. If it is a wild snapping turtle, it can live for 120 to 150 years. If it is a domesticated snapping turtle, its life span will be shorter, basically 30 to 70 years. Wild snapping turtles usually live up to 30 years, and home-raised snapping turtles live about 50 years. Their age can be seen from the abdominal spots, and the more dense the abdominal spots, the older they are. Secondly, you can also look at the back shell, the more rings on the back, the older the age.
How long can snapping turtles live? How to judge the age of snapping turtles?

1. How long

can snapping turtles live? Generally speaking, snapping turtles can live for 15-60 years. Snapping turtles are generally divided into two species, one is the big snapping turtle and the other is the small snapping turtle. Wild snapping turtles are genetically similar to crocodiles, so they have a long life span. They can basically live up to 150 years. Home-bred snapping turtles do not have the ability to survive in the wild, so their life span will be shorter, the longest is about 70 years. The life span of

small snapping turtles is usually much shorter than that of large snapping turtles. Generally, the life span of small snapping turtles raised at home is longer than that of small snapping turtles raised in the wild. Because the diet and living environment of small snapping turtles raised at home are better than those in the wild, they can generally live to about 50 years. The young snapping turtles in the wild are usually between 15 and 30 years old.

2. How to look at the age

of snapping turtles? Generally, we should start from three aspects. First, look at their belly stripes. Generally speaking, there are many belly stripes on the body of snapping turtles, and each belly has round stripes. Each circle represents a year. The denser the lines, the older they are. The second aspect is to look at the rings on their backs, and the number of rings on their backs plus one is their age. Note that the clearer the lines on the back, the older they are. The third aspect is to look at their weight. Generally speaking, the older they are, the heavier they are, and the younger they are, the lighter they are.

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