What Do Baby Alligator Snapping Turtles Eat

What Do Baby Alligator Snapping Turtles Eat

Hatchling alligator snapping turtles are mostly carnivorous, feeding on a diet of insects, small fishes, frogs, and other invertebrates. As they grow older their diet becomes increasingly fish-based. Adult alligator snapping turtles have been known to eat just about anything they can catch including snakes, lizards, birds, and mammals; with the bulk of their diet…