In these delicate months, people tend to prod and handle them, making bites inevitable. Snapping turtle jaw strength—while nothing to sneeze at—is somewhat overrated. Common snapping turtles ...

Snapping turtles are known for their powerful jaws and lightning-fast strikes, but what makes their bite so devastating? With a bite force strong enough to sever a finger, these ancient reptiles have ...

A demonstration “what not to do with a snapping turtle” in turned into an illustration when the reptile bite its handler and refused to let go. Video screengrabs A demonstration of how not to ...

Ouch!” Kimmel wrote. Fatty was coincidentally discussing how snapping turtles bite when the one in his hand lunged with amazing speed and clamped down on his index finger. “It hurts like hell ...