World's Weirdest Turtle

This enormous animal is called the giant soft shelled turtle & is one of the weirdest animals in the world. It's also called the frog head turtle in the Khmer language due to its broad head. What's the difference between a turtle and tortoise? Turtles spend most of its life in water and usually have webbed feet for swimming, while tortoise are land dwellers and do not have webbed feet and prefer to live in hot, dry habitats. This funny looking turtle is a freshwater turtle that prefers slow-moving, freshwater rivers and streams and is primarily found in Asiatic countries like India, Vietnam and China, as well as the Philippines While most turtles have a hard shell to protect it from predators, the Giant Soft Shelled turtle has rubbery skin, with ribs that are fused together as a protective layer over its internal organs, and spends about 95% of its life hidden in sand or mud, with only its eyes and nose peeking out. They also have long claws, and its neck can snap out at you with lightning speed and bite you with jaws powerful enough to crush bone. David Emmet of Conservation International stated, “It has the fastest strike of any animal I’ve ever seen, including cobras.” They can grow over 6 feet in length (2m+) and weigh more than 100 pounds (50kg) This is a very rare and elusive turtle and is considered endangered, and on the verge of extinction. But there is hope, in 2007, a team of scientists discovered a nesting ground for the turtle along the Mekong delta, giving hope that this “unique turtle” can be saved from extinction. Let's Connect -- http://www.epicadamwildlife.com/ -- http://www.facebook.com/epicadamwildlife -- http://www.twitter.com/epicwildlife -- http://gplus.to/epicwildlife

Comments

1. Reminds me of evil turtle from the amazing world of gumball.
2. albanins look and acte like soft shel turtles
3. Pour some sugar molasses glaze on the shell then brûlée it.
4. I own one of these
5. looks like a pig
6. its the turtule of of the amzing world of gumball
7. When I saw my pet like they he was hideing in side the dirt and I saw he's face so I pet him lol watch my video I got a pruff that I got
8. it's also known as bottle nose or frog head turtle . I have this one in my aquarium , it's almost a year old now ...
9. Too much talking here. Thumbs down
10. it's a pan cake turtle
11. in my vilage near the river... if people in my vilage see that turle they will catch and cook them... i feel so sad about it... i cant do nothing but crying.
12. that snapping turtle in my country in africa it so dangerous in my country it like in vide
13. looks like a turd
14. I see some of them in my lake but I live in Florida
15. I have one
16. Its trionyx
17. and i am available at any time to save such a magnificient turtle from extinction,,,, good luck,,, Nisar
18. Well it is already Mayby saved from extinction theres a mini documantary about getting two of them to mate And it was a sucses mayby and theres just hope for those precious eggs
19. is it a soft turtle
20. i found one in a man made pond and if that isnt weird enough i live in ontario i was going to help it out but after seeing this video im a bit afraid