Chapter 1819: Snapping Turtle

Chapter 1819 Big Snapping Turtle

It's just that I feel a little scared every day and don't want to stay here anymore. She looked at Zhao Zhongyao and said, 'Dad, are we still going to climb the iceberg? '

Zhao Zhongyao thought for a while and said,'This monster is just under the ice, and it seems to have nothing to do with us! I think we don't care about him, just climb the iceberg! It can only swim around under the ice. '

Feifei also said, 'That's right, this monster is only in the water. The ice layer above is so thick, it is impossible for it to escape from below. We just climb the iceberg, it has nothing to do with us. '

After hearing what my father and brother said every day, I also said, 'Okay then! Let's hurry up and climb the iceberg! '

Qu Yuqian also looked at her daughter and comforted, "Tian Tian, ​​don't be afraid. There's no way this monster came up from below. '

After listening to my mother's words every day, I smiled and said, 'Well, let's go climb the iceberg quickly! '

So, Zhao Zhongyao's family began to prepare to climb the iceberg. It's just that they took a few steps forward, and something incredible happened.

Just look at the monster that was originally in the water, suddenly spinning its body in the water, drilling towards the ice layer above. This scene surprised Zhao Zhongyao's family very much, and they didn't know what this monster was going to do.

Zhao Zhongyao's family is now looking at this monster in surprise, and they don't know what to do. After all, they don't know what this monster wants to do.

Everyone originally wanted to climb the iceberg. But now seeing the strange behavior of this monster, everyone dare not go there, they can only look at the strange behavior of this monster under the ice in surprise.

Feifei looked at Zhao Zhongyao beside him in confusion and said, 'Dad, what is this monster doing! Is it going to drill through the ice? '

Looking at the monster that was still trying to drill upwards, Zhao Zhongyao could only nod and said,'It's very possible that it just wants to drill through the ice! '

‘What can I do with this, will it really drill through the ice. Feifei looked at Zhao Zhongyao worriedly and said.

‘Don’t be afraid, there are so many of us! Isn't his figure very huge! 'Zhao Zhongyao felt that the shape of this monster was like a big round table, with a diameter of just over one meter. It looks like this, no matter how you look at it, it doesn't look particularly powerful. Because it is like a big turtle.

'What Dad said was, we don't have to be afraid of it. The four of us can't defeat such a turtle-like monster. ’ Feifei was no longer so afraid after hearing what her father said.

That's it, in just a few minutes, this monster actually drilled through the half-meter-thick ice layer. It actually climbed up from under the ice.

In other words, when this monster was under the ice, everyone still couldn't see its true appearance. It can only feel like a big turtle. But when he climbed to the top of the ice, everyone could see his appearance clearly.

When you see this thing, it does look a bit like a turtle, and its overall color is gray-black. It has a huge round turtle shell on its back. It's just that this tortoise shell is different from the tortoises on the earth. There are many pointed protrusions on the tortoise shell, and there are some sawtooth-like things on the edge, which seem to be very sharp. Just now, the big guy used the sharp sawtooth on the edge of the big tortoise shell to drill through the thick ice layer after continuous rotation.

Although the shape of this big tortoise is a bit like the tortoise on the earth. But its mouth is different from the turtles on the earth. Because it has a flat crocodile mouth with sharp teeth.

Everyone was stunned when they saw the shape of this turtle. After all, the appearance of this tortoise is not as everyone imagined, it is not an ordinary tortoise.

After this big monster crawled out of the water, it looked at Zhao Zhongyao and the others. It didn't start to attack Zhao Zhongyao and the others, it just blocked their way forward.

'Dad, what kind of monster is this? ’ Feifei looked at the monster in front of him in puzzlement and said.

Zhao Zhongyao took a look at the monster, and he felt that this monster should be a green snapping turtle.

'This should be a big snapping turtle. Zhao Zhongyao said so.

‘Dad, what is a snapping turtle? Feifei looked at Zhao Zhongyao in puzzlement and asked.

After hearing Feifei's words, Zhao Zhongyao thought for a while and said, 'Then let me tell you about this green snapping turtle! '

The snapping turtle is one of the largest freshwater turtles in the world and the largest freshwater turtle in North America, mainly inhabiting the waters of the southern United States. They can submerge underwater for up to 3 hours. Female turtles only come to land when nesting. Snapping turtles are carnivorous opportunists and will eat carrion. In northern states such as Michigan, hatchlings even eat plants.

They usually do this when there is a lack of food or in summer. When they mature, they become omnivorous and do not pose a threat to fish populations. However, when snapping turtles reproduce to a certain extent, they will pose a threat to the ecosystem of the local river. Fishermen rave about their ability to fish (lure prey with their tongue).

Small fish are often a food source for hatchlings. They will eat just about anything. They mainly eat fish and dead fish, invertebrates, carrion and amphibians, but also snakes and other turtles. Snapping turtles in captivity will eat any type of meat, including beef, chicken, and pork. Adult snapping turtles also prey on smaller crocodiles.

Snapping turtles are ferocious turtles. Although they don't usually bite, they can snap off fingers if threatened, so be extra careful. When they are picked up, they release a musky smell. Snapping turtles are foreign

It is a large and aggressive species, and has no natural enemies in China.

Snapping turtles look strange. Floating in the water, roughly looks like a crocodile. The crocodile's head is triangular in shape and cannot be completely retracted into the shell. The mouth is large and goes to the back of the eyes, the eyes are small, and the neck is long.

The carapace is brown, short in width and similar in length and width. There are three inconspicuous ribs on the back. These ribs are composed of several mound-like units with radial stripes. In fact, these mound-like units are formed by the protrusions of the scutellum , the scutellum of the adult giant tortoise is relatively smooth, and the mound-like units basically disappear.

The plastron is very small, and the limbs cannot be retracted into the shell. They are hypertrophic and strong, with irregular small warts scattered on the epidermis, large scales on the ventral surface, large claws, and webs between the toes (fingers). The length of the tail is approximately equal to 1/2 of the length of the carapace, and it is covered with ring-shaped scales, with spinous processes formed on the back, similar to the tail of a crocodile.