Alligator snapping turtle. Never underestimate the intelligence of a reptile. They've been able to survive a mass extinction, multiple ice ages and humans.

My cousins and I found a snapping turtle when we were around 8 years old and the turtle was about 8 inches across. This was along the North Platte in Nebraska. Cousin Dan held the turtle like a big sandwich in front of him and when he bent over to look down on the shell, the turtle latched onto Dan's belly. It took all our gathered parents with pliers and screwdrivers to unlatch the turtle. What a lesson, especially for Danny!

“Bro how’d you lose your finger?” “I tried to weigh a turtle”

"Anything that goes in there ain't coming out...the turtle's not letting go." I once watched my uncle fight an alligator snapper for a beloved fishing lure. Took him about 15 minutes, but he got his lure back. The turtle wasn't too happy about loosing his "fish" to a human, and he slunk off to the far bank to glare at us for a while.

Trainer: So what's your fitness goal? These guys: TO dead lift an angry snapping turtle from a squat. Trainer: ....

I'm glad that Tim seems to have got a show of his own. He is one of those people who make draw you in with their enthusiasm for their subject. 👍👍👍😁😁😁

Here's a sentence I never thought I'd say in my life: more alligator snapping turtles please!

Totally agree with you re croc removal. My husband and I went to cairns and stayed in Daintree. We weren’t there for the swim in the river, we had the pool and also sections in the sea if we wanted to swim. The river is their home and belongs to them.

Love that Tim tells us all about the wildlife in Australia and their habitats and how that some of the wildlife have to have humans to help them survive

I love how Tim says that the few deadly attacks are "not always" the crocodile's fault. Um when was the last deadly encounter that happened because a croc went into a human's home and killed them? That's almost as good as blaming a shark for attacking a human. I'm pretty sure sharks don't come on land looking for food. Just a thought. Thanks Tim for your amazing work and for shedding light on the plight of these magnificent creatures. You are awesome!!

Alligator Snapping turtle 🐢 is huge. I am glad Tim and others are educating the public about alligators.

It’s crazy to want to eliminate crocs! I agree that people just need to be educated. ❤️🤙🏼🐊

I literally travelled to the Daintree River from the US with the express purpose of seeing a crocodile. Why on EARTH would they think removing the crocs would help tourism??

i’m really disappointed in the Australian government. how could they even think of doing something like that?! i’d love to go to Australia. part if that pull is the wildlife. thank goodness for the hoomans who know what’s what!!!!! 🐊🦘🐢 Also, i just love Tim. 🌷

I've been watching this show and Wildlife Aid for a while now, and I love how folks in Australia and the UK name their pets (and in these cases the rescued wildlife) human names so often. It's hysterical. I get such a kick out of it. XD

I absolutely adore reptiles. They are my favourite bondi customers.

Tim is so nice to be able to help this Reptiles and Animals

Alligator snapping turtles are one of my top favorites! I am obsessed with turtles! 🥰

I just love how they were talking about how fearsome and angry alligator snapping turtles are but it grabbed the food so calmly and gently it was so adorable

Several years ago, I was sitting on my front porch when a monster snapping turtle came walking across the yard, across the street from where I was sitting. It walked down the street, crossed a neighbor's yard and disappeared. About half an hour later it came walking back the same way it came. That turtle made Leo look like a baby. It stood at least a foot off the ground as it walked, at least three feet long if not longer. I live in a small town in Kansas near a river. Talk about dinosaurs this thing was. I've never seen one before and haven't since that summer day. The crocodiles need to stay in the river where they have lived for centuries. If people don't have enough sense to stay out of the river that's they fault not the crocodiles. Beautiful country too. Thank you. Merry Christmas. God bless.

I love how she keeps Kimberly in her shirt 😄 it makes complete sense of course, but it's still funny

It's the putting the marsupial in the shirt for me. Too cute

I would have expected governments to have been aware of the reality that struck Yellowstone when the wolves were culled out of the park's ecosystem. The loss of those apex predators threw the ecosystem out of balance and the consequences were catastrophic. Reintroducing wolves has made a huge difference. Crocs in Australian waterways would surely be as impactful on the overall health of the environment?

I just love Tim! He is my favorite Bondi person. I love his enthusiasm

From KENTUCKY here so this stuff is unique.

All the time I thought Margit‘s accent sounded familiar. Now I know why. We’re both from Germany 🤣

Looks like the poor guy could use a bigger living area!

It’s a treat to see a huge alligator snapping turtle. They are native to my area and very elusive. On occasion, we would catch one in a net when fishing. They were nowhere near the size of this monster, but still a handful to deal with.

Leonardo is what my German dad used to call my hubby, cause his name is leonard and he thought Leonardo was more fancy lol 😆 So y'all got a fancy alligator snapper ❤ love them !!! The lady who cares for these wild babies is so amazing 👏 So sad a mommy dropped her Joey cause she was handful 😢 Hey I get it, my kids were and are a handful even at age 23 and 19 and yeah sometimes I wished I could just run away from them 🤣 🤣 but I could NEVER do that to my Gremlins. Poor little Joey 😢 Glad she'd in such good hands though 🙌 Jeffery got his own kingdom, empire and harem out there. I love it ❤ 😀 And I love how he keeps popping in sometimes for some cuddles and amazing snacks 😋 Hey who could turn down a good old pasta dish? Not me and not even a tree kangaroo 👍 Great job to everyone on this show 👏 you guys truly love all animals ❤ Sad that humans want to interfere with nature still 😢 Haven't we learned by now how important it is to keep animals in their habitats? And nobody will ever swim in those rivers anyway 🙄 C'mon it's australia, if there is a natural water source you best believe there'll be some crocs in there. Even in Florida alligators end up in ppl's lakes behind their houses. Sometimes even in their pools 😆 At least you can see them in pools! I live in Georgia in the USA and I would never even take a swim in naturals bodies of water. We have water moccasins, alligators , snappers and alligator snappers. 👎 NO THANK YOU !!!!!

I love all the Bondi vets and Tim too thank you for educating us lame brains.

Tim is just so amazing :) We Love you Tim ❤️

I love Snapping this channel I have always wanted to be a vet! !!

Thank you, always so inspiring!

You are all doing a great and most important job. X-fingers you will succeed for many more years.

0:17 Please never let Tim do an Italian accent ever again🤣🙈

Yeaaaaa Tim you are doing so good. Keep it up partner😊😊😊

I'm curious why Leo's enclosure is on the small side? I would think he would appreciate a big space.

Leo’s face just yells “*don’t mess with me bitchh*”

Leo needs a diff tank.

In the northeastern US I was warned as a child about snapping turtles in the local ponds but I dont think these behemoths were what we people were talking about!

Fun fact people this early haven't finished the video yet

That's a one serious turtle :) Greetings from Austria

love your vids

Before hubby retired from police work he came across a large snapper on the road. Worried that it would be run over, he persuaded it to snap onto his night stick and carried it…which he said took some effort…to the river. The snapper smelled the river, let go of the stick and jumped in…didn’t even say thank you.

This is really cool for me because of the crocodile thing because im learning about the ecosystem

Why is his enclosure so small

I'm so happy I'm able to watch these I love Tim, he's amazing. Plus I have already seen this on a previous episode which really sucks. Wished they stop doing that and just upload new episodes not repeat them.

Tim don't he need a bigger tank?

Какие же все прелестные.

I love to see Tim!!! Its nice to see him in a whole show. I love watching and hearing him. But I am very upset with the housing the alligator snapping turtle. He does not have a big enough enclosure to keep him in captivity. I sure wish they would give him an enclosure doubled.

looooooooooooooooooooo ve Tim's show!

Love you your family and the show! Why was the snapping turtle in a tank that small? Does he live in that tank?

AWESOMEy friend

Bet that turtle can break my arm...

Marsupials look like good pets, they are so sweet. Best for them to leave them be.

one bite from that turtle can bite through anything

why dont they build a pond for that snapping turtle , surely it would be easier to get him in and out for things .

The way that turtle blinks is just creepy

Humans are so selfish for wanting to eliminate Crocs from their own home, good thing there's still good people around (although few)

Anyone else think the turtles tank is too small?

You see snapping turtle here in Oklahoma all the time. Which for those abroad. It's the mid southern region of the United States. While they're not that big; even the smaller one. Can take off a human finger.

I understand that feeding live animals can be a necessity, but I can't help but feel bad for that poor lobster

i would’ve died if he would’ve told me to get in the tank💀

You've got my vote to keep the crocs in the river.

*gives turtle stick* Ninja turtle!

Don't remove the crocs. They need living space just like us and theres enough of us already.

Remove salties? What next. Remove great whites?

That tank is awfully small for the snapping turtle.

Can you imagine what Steve Irwin would do if he heard about them wanting to eliminate crocs

I can’t believe people think it would be better without crocodiles

Didn't know there was tree roos, after 7 years in Oz I thought I saw most of them!

I wouldn’t put my animal in my top lol

Apparently 2 fatal attacks in the past 100 years.

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Crocs and alligators have been around a lot longer than humans so they should be respected just like any other wild animal we have our home let them keep theirs ur going in to their home ov their going to protect it if ur not careful so leave em be

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I'd name the snapping turtle Tokka.

If crocs could speak english they could actually tell the gov exactly how long they've been around and win a "i was here first!" fight

I've witnessed wild alligator snapper in Ohio, USA.

Well, tens of thousand years ago we are the food of predators. But now, we are the predators. Not just predators, humans are greedy predators.

Crocodiles are such vital animals. Taking them out of their home so some people can have some temporary fun is not the way to go. Crocs are vital. People have tons of places to go swim, especially tourists!! Heck humans can drive or fly to places for a dip, Crocs and other animals only have their home territory and taking that away for tourists is so idiotic. Plus the fact that most tourist going to Australia WANT to go see the animals.

These dudes never heard of a wheel barrel

Yeah that's how about reptile I've always wanted something in the way you move along each other reptile I've had an important is ok is not doesn't bitten twice before it was 👍💯👌

And i can break bamboo with one snap, come at me

woahhhhhhhh??????? bamboo ?!?!?!?! that's nuts !! It's almost as if a 8 year old child isn't able to snap bamboo sticks !! :O such a powerful demonstration.

I always thought australia was all about preserving there natural beautiful landscape and it's native wildlife bit this is making me think there trying to change for the betterment of people were the ones that can adapt to survive most of these animals live in niche habitat that with little change can spell disaster

Why do humans insist on getting rid of animals to begin with I wonder ? In my humble opinion, the world/earth is a far better place w/all of Gods creatures roaming around it freely. I cry when one of my fish die. Just saying :)

Does Leo want to be weighed? See his opened mouth? His breath could possibly kill his predator.

Just be happy that snapping turtles aren't able to use guns.

Hope sometimes governments all over the world learn to listen to people who know what they are doing. In opposite to some 'experts' who are only interested in making money and who bever leaves their office.....crossing my fingers for you and the crocs.

pick up turtle stand on scale, stand on scale without turtle, bami

said treat him like a croc lol why not like an alligator its in the name just thought are alligator snapping tutles natives to austraulia?

Can anyone answer why she has animals in her shirt

People should really leave Alligator alone... If we leave them alone then they will leave us alone!

The crocs have been on earth before man. If you want to swim then swim in a pool.

Government, first thing on there minds is the MONEY, doesn't matter what may happen to the eco system, or really anything else. How much can be made and how much can they put in there pockets. Tim I enjoy your videos, so very much. Keep safe, I just don't know how you deal with the snakes so easily. Bye.for now. LOL

leik thi cvommnt

That van looks like it’s from Mexico

A tight tank?🙄

early :D