Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
A couple of large (female?) Red-eared Slider turtles (Trachemys scripta ssp. elegans) push around a male Common Snapping Turlte (Chelydra serpentina) in a stream in Houston, TX, USA.
Snapping Turtles usually seem to be significantly larger than Sliders, but these Sliders are almost the same size, if not larger, and they seem to enjoy pushing the Snapping Turtle around a bit.
At the end of the video, the biggest Slider brushes past the Snapping Turtle and release a couple of gas bubbles. It could have just been air trapped under her shell, but I wouldn't be entirely surprised if she purposely crop dusted the Snapping Turtle for fun.
I guess I'm not entirely surprised either, but the Snapping Turtle here seems to be super docile and agreeable. As many stories as I've heard of Snapping Turtles biting off toes, it doesn't seem like they would be easily provoked into doing that sort of thing.
A couple of large (female?) Red-eared Slider turtles (Trachemys scripta ssp. elegans) push around a male Common Snapping Turlte (Chelydra serpentina) in a stream in Houston, TX, USA.
Snapping Turtles usually seem to be significantly larger than Sliders, but these Sliders are almost the same size, if not larger, and they seem to enjoy pushing the Snapping Turtle around a bit.
At the end of the video, the biggest Slider brushes past the Snapping Turtle and release a couple of gas bubbles. It could have just been air trapped under her shell, but I wouldn't be entirely surprised if she purposely crop dusted the Snapping Turtle for fun.
I guess I'm not entirely surprised either, but the Snapping Turtle here seems to be super docile and agreeable. As many stories as I've heard of Snapping Turtles biting off toes, it doesn't seem like they would be easily provoked into doing that sort of thing.
