Large snapping turtles live in rivers, lakes, ponds, and swamps, and are known to fish species, water birds, snails, shrimp, water snakes wait for food. The snapping turtle is very good at hunting. He will open his big mouth underwater, with a red tongue like a red worm in his mouth. The snapping turtle bites the fish in one bite, and this method of predation is called fishing. Big snapping turtles rarely go on land. Only during the breeding season will female turtles climb to the shore and choose a suitable place to lay eggs. They can lay 30-120 eggs each time. After about 100 days, The hatchlings can be hatched. The growth rate of the hatchlings is very amazing, and they can grow to 2 kg in one year. After 3 years, the hatchlings begin to become sexually mature.

The snapping turtle becomes an adult after 11-13 years. The male turtle is larger than the female turtle (as opposed to other turtles), and the female turtle lays eggs at 4- In June, the clutch is 16-30 eggs. The eggshells are hard, hatchlings are about 1.7 inches, and their tails are longer than their bodies.

Mating every year from April to September, spawning period from May to November, and June is the peak season. There are 11-30 eggs per clutch, usually 20-30 eggs. The eggs are white, spherical, slightly rough in appearance, 23-33 mm in diameter, and weigh 7-15 grams. After 55-125 days of hatching, the hatchlings hatch, and the hatching conditions are different, and the hatching days are also different. When the incubation temperature is above 30°C and below 20°C, the hatchlings are female, and when the incubation temperature is 22°C-28°C, the hatchlings are male. Juvenile tortoises weigh 9.5-12 grams, and the carapace is 24-30 mm long. The carapace is round, black, and has protrusions on each scutellum.

True snapping turtles live in rivers, lakes, ponds and swamps, feeding on fish, water birds, snails, shrimp, and water snakes.

The true snapping turtle eats mainly live food that automatically swims into its upper and lower beaks. But true snapping turtles also devour any meat such as fish, beef, chicken, and commercial turtle feed. True snapping turtles should be provided with clear, warm water.

In the wild, snapping turtles are aquatic turtles that live in freshwater, such as lakes, rivers, swamps, and pools, and in brackish waters with low salinity, such as harbors and estuaries . Likes to lie in the sand, shrubs, and weeds in the water. When the snapping turtle is floating in the water, it uses the protective color on its carapace - like a piece of rotten wood floating in the water, it is not easy to be found.

It often sticks its eyes and nose out of the water, but its head is not fully extended. The snapping turtle likes to be in the water during the day, crouching on a log or stone, sometimes floating on the water surface, sometimes with its legs up and its carapace down, but its head facing up out of the water.

The turtle starts to crawl at night, and the snapping turtle is not afraid of cold or heat. The ambient temperature is above 18°C for normal foraging, 20-33°C is the best temperature for activity and foraging, and when the temperature is above 34°C, do not move much, and lie on the bottom of the water and in the sand to escape the heat. Foraging, hibernation below 15°C, deep hibernation below 10°C.