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Published: 2013-09-18 18:41:52 +0000 UTC; Views: 3236; Favourites: 21; Downloads: 6
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When I saw this turtle I was like ... wow
I had never seen this kind of turtle in real life before, only in a book once, but man that's one big impressive turtle, and they have this ancient look, like dino like in my opinion, really gorgeous 
Animal = Alligator snapping turtle (Macrochelys temminckii) Location = denver Zoo usaprevious
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Wow this turtle is gorgeous. 
I also agree, these type of turtles have aΒ ancientΒ look. I mean look at the moss on the turtle's back/head!
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yes Agreed 
and yeah
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it is old
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yes , in the zoo they didn't know how old this turtle was xD
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My friend and I found a dead alligator snapping turtle in this little pond at the park here once. They're not native, so we assumed someone had dumped their pet turtle there when they couldn't take care of it. It must have happened a long time ago, or that turtle was already somewhat old when it was dumped, because it had died of old age. Scary lookin' things aren't they?
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aww that's kind of sad, I hate it how people dump their turtles ,in our forest we now have turtles too while thye aren't native either xo I think they look pretty cute XD
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Could've been a Common Snapping Turtle. They're native to more of the US than alligator snappers.
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It was an alligator snapper, the common snappers don't get nearly as big as this guy did.
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that one really looks impressive 
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yeah ._. I never saw such a turtle before, they are rlly dino like XD
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indeed they are
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