Under the cover of murky water — this Alligator Snapping Turtle's tongue masquerades as a worm, luring its prey into striking distance. 🐢 #WildlifeWednesday 🌎 | Science Channel
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America’s most enigmatic angler. Alligator snapping turtles are equipped with a worm-like attachment on their tongue area, known as a “lingual lure”. They use this to lure in small fish, crayfish, and other aquatic prey. In this region, this seems to be primarily used with most efficiency as hatchlings and juveniles, as the adults become focused on a durophagous (eating hard stuff) diet of mollusks and turtles. It’s easy to see how this turtle can lay on a muddy bottom among logs and stumps, wig
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Perfectly motionless and camouflaged against the muddy riverbed, the alligator snapping turtle wiggles a worm-like attachment on its tongue to lure prey closer. When unsuspecting fish approach, the turtle SNAPS its jaws shut to trap its meal! Find out more about this snappy turtle here bit.ly/RS_AlligatorSnappingTurtle 📹: Webster Cheong, Animal Care Officer (Herpetology) | Mandai Wildlife Reserve
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