Snapping turtles are opportunistic omnivores that will eat almost anything in the pond. While they prefer meat, including worms, snails, fish, birds, small mammals, other turtles, and frogs, 30 ...

Alligator snapping turtles’ numbers are declining due to habitat degradation and overharvesting for their meat, according to the National Wildlife Federation.

Snapping turtles were hunted for meat up until the 1970s (snapping turtles were a main ingredient in Campbell's Turtle Soup in the 1960s) when the Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, ...