“A client named Fatty showed us what not to do with a snapping turtle! Ouch!” Kimmel wrote. Mike “Fatty” Linne was ...

Snapping turtles are native to the East Coast and “can extend their neck the length of their body,” according to the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Illinois.

Its bottom shell (plastron) is small compared to that of other turtle species, leaving the snapping turtle's limbs and neck exposed. The snapping turtle is unable to fully retract into its shell when ...