This month’s winner is a young reptile whose snappy charm we found hard to resist – we think you will too!
The common snapping turtle – the largest freshwater turtle in Canada – can weigh as much as 15kg and carry a shell up to 50cm long. Its diet consists of various aquatic plants and animals, including fish, frogs, birds and small mammals.
Mating occurs in the spring, followed by nesting in May and June. Females lay white, round eggs that hatch in September or October. Chelydra serpentine can live 30 to 40 years in the wild.
Their habitat spans southern areas of Canada, from Saskatchewan to Nova Scotia, and includes a large part of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains.
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