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**The Snapping Turtle - Irene Chen**

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<span style="color: #02aad4; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Look at the picture above. The snapping turtle cannot protect itself by drawing into its shell because the plastron is much smaller than the carapace. ======

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<span style="color: #6f11b6; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"> In the wilderness, snapping turtles prefer **quiet**, **muddy** water. So you can find them mainly in **ponds**, **canals**, and **streams**. The snapping turtles with their **powerful leg muscles** are very good swimmers, but unlike the other kinds of turtles, snapping turtles don't do much swimming. They like to **wait** and **hunt** for fish or any other animal of prey if not moving around.