I purchased my alligator snappers from this gentleman almost a decade ago! He answers the phone and will talk with you and help with any questions or issues you have! He truly cares about these animals and I appreciate that!
It's great that John is doing so much to preserve the species. His work raised my awareness of their plight . I let everyone know about their status also. I have one of his babies. He's an awesome little turtle.
Its funny you mention the word " plight." I authored an article in the 1990s titled "the plight of the alligatir snapping turtle." It was printed in the monthly california turtle and tortise club or society. Dont know if i habe a copy anywhere but i put a lot of info on what happened to this species across the states they occupy.
Johns and his son are good dudes! I’m glad I returned my giant turtle to them. I miss the dude but he got too big for my living situation. I’ve held that exact turtle in the video
Living in Texas we have these guys all over the place even where I work there are a handful of them and they are impressive animals. They are social distance champions for sure!! Loved this video so educational!
i caught one as a kid on a school trip to an overnight camp. the pond looked real similar to yours with the plants hanging over about half the edges. we were all out in row boats and ended up beached in the tall grass and spotted something. it was a hatchling turtle and it was bristling with spikes. i knew the most about turtles and reptiles in general and recognized it as an alligator snapper. it mightve been two inches across at most but it had fire in its belly; it wanted to bite and scratch and i about fell in love on the spot. we rowed back to the counselors and showed them what we had found and they paled. i told them it meant there was a nesting female nearby and that the pond was her home. i asked to keep the turtle and they said no real loud and demanded it. i refused until they swore not to kill it and i made sure they released it back into the pond. stood there and watched in defiance of my teacher. when i was younger than that my dad taught at jefferson college hillsboro and when they still had a herpetology department i would always make him take me to see the reptiles they kept there. everybody in the science 2 building loved that i was so interested so they would let me into the central area behind the displays to see some of the care and handling procedures and it always so enraptured me. the researchers there always gave the snakes silly names like monty python. silly puns that killed me as a kid. but ive never forgotten the love of reptiles, and particularly turtles, that place helped foster in me. at the same time we lived in the city and our neighbor was head of the primate house at the zoo, so he was also head researcher of primatology and ran their captive breeding program. what i really cared about was that he would come home right after steve irwins show dressed like steve irwin. that was their uniform in the 90s, it was great. we would talk about whatever research he was doing then i would ask about... you guessed it, turtles and reptiles. id wait for him on the back porch every single day and he always made time for me. not only that he made sure when the zoo had some activity involving reptiles that i got to go and play with them. because of that man i got to race turtles from africa and pet giant turtles from the galapagos. im pretty sure he runs the cinncinatti zoo now. but he was patient and kind. everyone around animals was and is to my experience and recollection and you guys seem to be too. thank you.
Thank you . The crazy thing is I placed a order 3 weeks ago . and to find this video of the place . Awesome. thanks again and keep the good work flowing...
Great video again, thank you. Huge amount of eggs in that one nest, over 60, if i heard it right. In the wild many of them probably don't survive. They really are so amazing animals. 🐢
What a great show, I would love to have one of those for a pet,I live in Florida now but I lived in Oklahoma for 7 yrs,this turtle was a common thing to encounter on my many cat fishing trips, such a majestic critter,I subscribed to your channel because of the quality of this show
We are interested in a single or possibly a pair from loggerhead acres. I’ve loved and owned common snapping turtles for nearly 40yrs now. Never had a Alligator snapper though due to being in the upper Midwest. Jons number is disconnected. It shows turtles available for sale on his site but I’m waiting to hear back from him.
John the turtle man from loggerhead Acres. He's done an amazing job bringing awareness to the importance of the conservation of the alligator snapping turtle.🐢
I’m so glad I found this channel! I have always been fascinated by this particular species of turtle, but have never had one. Just ordered two hatchlings, so i excited! Beautiful animals!
He brings up a good point about tap water. It is important to do water changes frequently if you keep aquariums even if you have a good filter and use water conditioner
i came across one on a trail here in michigan of all places a few years back. it was huge. went back where i came from for a minute and he was gone 5mins later. weird but cool encounter.
It’s great to see this video! I got 3 baby loggerheads from them and are growing them now! I have a common snapping turtle I’ve had since she was a baby for 5 years now I got online too excited to have both in tanks next to eachother!
Alligator snapping turtles are somewhat protected throughout their range. In many states, they are not legal to buy, sell or own without a permit. However, it is sometimes legal to hatch them from your own stock. And many states simply ban the sale of locally obtained non-game wildlife.
Your doing a great job but I didn't understand the paper bag part. I agree with you on the exposure of the Suns radiation and and that's why I use a black 5 gallon bucket with sanatized potting mix for transport of all turtle Eggs. I harvested 35 common snapping turtles this year and all hatched last week.
So what are people with normal means supposed to do who can’t collect rain water? Are the tap water treatment products you can buy from the big named stores okay?
r turtle eggs different from other reptile eggs, cus it was my understand that rotating any reptile egg, will kill the embryo in the egg and wheres a bin to put the eggs in and also, to me, the dude digging the eggs were kinda ruff with them, dont get me wrong, I love what you do for turtles and conservation Greg, but plz tell why the eggs where aloud to roll around never mind what I said @5:56 answered my question
This gentleman has a certain popularity in China's crocodile turtle circle. The dream of those crocodile turtle lovers is to raise crocodiles that have always been the origin. But this is difficult to achieve.
I love all your videos so much!! They're awesome 🐢💚 While I know this has nothing to do with this exact video I need some help because I am dealing with an issue in my RES aquarium and wanted to see if you had any advise. I recently discovered I have freshwater copepods in my planted and my RES tank. I have been told it's nothing to be worried about yet all the turtle groups I follow on FB say I should still do an entire filter and tank cleaning on my RES tank even though it would cause a bacteria bloom they said it should handle getting rid of the copepods yet everything else I've read including the pet stores told me not to worry and that you can't get rid of all of them short of throwing everything out and starting all over. I am so stressed and confused and need help! Should I do a full cleaning or just not worry about it. It's 1 4.5 inch male in a 75 gallon. No fish or anything live besides Buddy (RES) in that tank and its bare bottom. I already do monthly maintenance on my Fluval 407 and weekly 25% water changes. Please any advise would help ease my troubled and worried turtle mom mind! Thank you in advance.
Why does he just toss em around when digging them up? It doesn’t damage it before 24 hours or what? (I don’t know much about turtle eggs, just curious)
Can U please make a proper guide on growth rate of Common and Alligator snapping turtle based on their age based on uhr experience, bcoz that is one deciding factor whether I will have which one of them
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I purchased my alligator snappers from this gentleman almost a decade ago! He answers the phone and will talk with you and help with any questions or issues you have! He truly cares about these animals and I appreciate that!
I just learned about these creatures today, they are awesome, and huge thanks to John for taking care of them
It's great that John is doing so much to preserve the species. His work raised my awareness of their plight . I let everyone know about their status also. I have one of his babies. He's an awesome little turtle.
Its funny you mention the word " plight." I authored an article in the 1990s titled "the plight of the alligatir snapping turtle." It was printed in the monthly california turtle and tortise club or society. Dont know if i habe a copy anywhere but i put a lot of info on what happened to this species across the states they occupy.
@@thornyturtleranch4u , That's pretty neat. I'm going to see if I can find it on Google.
I Want One @@thornyturtleranch4u
Johns and his son are good dudes! I’m glad I returned my giant turtle to them. I miss the dude but he got too big for my living situation. I’ve held that exact turtle in the video
Living in Texas we have these guys all over the place even where I work there are a handful of them and they are impressive animals. They are social distance champions for sure!! Loved this video so educational!
Greg I use to visit John when I was a kid. Great place!
Holy cow! The Alligator Snapping Turtle Whisperer!
Much Respect Greg. Cool Turtles.
John is a hero to a lot of us.Thanks for making this video
It was great to finally see how it’s all done
Very interesting video. Thanks for sharing it with us.
Thanks for the video. I got my baby from them 5-7 years ago. Absolutely healthy animals
The ones I have that originated from John are bulletproof
👀i love Alligator Snapping Turtles 🐢❤️💎
i caught one as a kid on a school trip to an overnight camp. the pond looked real similar to yours with the plants hanging over about half the edges. we were all out in row boats and ended up beached in the tall grass and spotted something. it was a hatchling turtle and it was bristling with spikes. i knew the most about turtles and reptiles in general and recognized it as an alligator snapper. it mightve been two inches across at most but it had fire in its belly; it wanted to bite and scratch and i about fell in love on the spot. we rowed back to the counselors and showed them what we had found and they paled. i told them it meant there was a nesting female nearby and that the pond was her home. i asked to keep the turtle and they said no real loud and demanded it. i refused until they swore not to kill it and i made sure they released it back into the pond. stood there and watched in defiance of my teacher.
when i was younger than that my dad taught at jefferson college hillsboro and when they still had a herpetology department i would always make him take me to see the reptiles they kept there. everybody in the science 2 building loved that i was so interested so they would let me into the central area behind the displays to see some of the care and handling procedures and it always so enraptured me. the researchers there always gave the snakes silly names like monty python. silly puns that killed me as a kid. but ive never forgotten the love of reptiles, and particularly turtles, that place helped foster in me.
at the same time we lived in the city and our neighbor was head of the primate house at the zoo, so he was also head researcher of primatology and ran their captive breeding program. what i really cared about was that he would come home right after steve irwins show dressed like steve irwin. that was their uniform in the 90s, it was great. we would talk about whatever research he was doing then i would ask about... you guessed it, turtles and reptiles. id wait for him on the back porch every single day and he always made time for me. not only that he made sure when the zoo had some activity involving reptiles that i got to go and play with them. because of that man i got to race turtles from africa and pet giant turtles from the galapagos. im pretty sure he runs the cinncinatti zoo now. but he was patient and kind. everyone around animals was and is to my experience and recollection and you guys seem to be too. thank you.
Just because it had spikes doesn't mean that it was a alligator snapper common snappers and alligator snappers both have spiny shells when babies
Love dem Gator Snapper's! Awesome 👌.
Thank you . The crazy thing is I placed a order 3 weeks ago . and to find this video of the place . Awesome. thanks again and keep the good work flowing...
Great video again, thank you. Huge amount of eggs in that one nest, over 60, if i heard it right. In the wild many of them probably don't survive. They really are so amazing animals. 🐢
Great video Greg. Very interesting showcase of John and Schuyler’s important work! 🐢
Screen brightness to the max, as always, to watch this awesome vid!!
What a great show, I would love to have one of those for a pet,I live in Florida now but I lived in Oklahoma for 7 yrs,this turtle was a common thing to encounter on my many cat fishing trips, such a majestic critter,I subscribed to your channel because of the quality of this show
Great to see more people taking to these magnificent creatures
3 seconds in, and I'm singing "hello darkness my old friend"... Then I realized, that was NOT the intro music.
🤣
Hahaha wish I could use that without getting flagged
@@GregsTurtleHaven When it kicked off, it sounded like an 8bit version of the song... I swear I heard it. 🤣
Fantastic video. Thanks for sharing.
We are interested in a single or possibly a pair from loggerhead acres. I’ve loved and owned common snapping turtles for nearly 40yrs now. Never had a Alligator snapper though due to being in the upper Midwest. Jons number is disconnected. It shows turtles available for sale on his site but I’m waiting to hear back from him.
This is so friggin cool...makes me want one 😭😭😭
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Wonder piece of film you made Greg. Absolutely excellent. Really good to see John again even if on film. Ill have to call him to say hello. steve.
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it
The home made grow out ponds give me lots of ideas
Same here. I want to recreate that here for growing out young turtles and fish
Very cool! I learned a lot from this video. I liked the nursery habitat setup.
John the turtle man from loggerhead Acres. He's done an amazing job bringing awareness to the importance of the conservation of the alligator snapping turtle.🐢
This is PHENOMENAL/LEGENDARY!! Thanks for this footage!!
Thanks for watching!
That's cool he cares so much about the animals, he'd rather have them as normal as possible ... no morphs / hypos.
Kudos to these guys. Awesome just awesome work for such an amazing literally living dinosaur...beautiful creatures 👏👏👏💪😳😍
I’m so glad I found this channel! I have always been fascinated by this particular species of turtle, but have never had one. Just ordered two hatchlings, so i excited! Beautiful animals!
Did it go well?
You guys are spot on with the Sun thing. Anyone notice how She has changed in the last 10 years???
Nice turtle
one of my 3 ast are from john hes a little champ eats and runs around all day
Great content . Thanks for sharing!
Dude you keep filming here and I'm gonna make another pond lol 🐢🤟
Very very beautiful
These guys are doing great 👍🏻
So awesome!
Thanks Parker! Sorry I missed you by a day
He brings up a good point about tap water. It is important to do water changes frequently if you keep aquariums even if you have a good filter and use water conditioner
great video
That was really cool to see where and how the magic happens. Thanks for making this video
It’s a magical place
Fantastic video Greg, I have always wanted to check this place out.👍✌
It’s pretty incredible, especially being there during nesting season
Wow.. that’s amazing.. 🐢❤️🐢❤️
That was really informative and interesting. Love the turtles! Thanks for sharing guys.🤘
Awesome video! I love my 2 ASTs from John! Just uploaded a video of getting them outside for the summer in a stock tank pond!
Great video. One of your best.
Thank you!
Awesome Video
Awesome video! Will be sharing this !!!
Amazing turtle
Congrats on 10k man!
Thanks! 👊🏼
Amazing pound!!
i came across one on a trail here in michigan of all places a few years back. it was huge. went back where i came from for a minute and he was gone 5mins later. weird but cool encounter.
Great job Gentlemen
It’s great to see this video! I got 3 baby loggerheads from them and are growing them now! I have a common snapping turtle I’ve had since she was a baby for 5 years now I got online too excited to have both in tanks next to eachother!
@19:36 with the thumb under its neck make it look like a angry eagle head lmao!!!! even dude in blue had to laugh
Keep up the awesome videos 😊
Thank you
Your welcome 😊
Love this. Great information
Thanks for watching
Love this video. Thanks for sharing.
I still be tryna figure out how turtles digg so good with that shell in the way!
Alligator snapping turtles are somewhat protected throughout their range. In many states, they are not legal to buy, sell or own without a permit. However, it is sometimes legal to hatch them from your own stock. And many states simply ban the sale of locally obtained non-game wildlife.
Turtles 🥺😍😍😍😍🤣
Baby alligator snapping turtle belly buttons LOL
@ 17:35 it goes from cute baby turtles to ----I choose violence. lol
Your doing a great job but I didn't understand the paper bag part. I agree with you on the exposure of the Suns radiation and and that's why I use a black 5 gallon bucket with sanatized potting mix for transport of all turtle Eggs. I harvested 35 common snapping turtles this year and all hatched last week.
I like their sophisticated way of safely carrying the eggs in a paper bag. What was that?
I love this
So what are people with normal means supposed to do who can’t collect rain water? Are the tap water treatment products you can buy from the big named stores okay?
r turtle eggs different from other reptile eggs, cus it was my understand that rotating any reptile egg, will kill the embryo in the egg and wheres a bin to put the eggs in and also, to me, the dude digging the eggs were kinda ruff with them, dont get me wrong, I love what you do for turtles and conservation Greg, but plz tell why the eggs where aloud to roll around
never mind what I said @5:56 answered my question
This gentleman has a certain popularity in China's crocodile turtle circle. The dream of those crocodile turtle lovers is to raise crocodiles that have always been the origin. But this is difficult to achieve.
16:37 - hardness doesn’t evaporate out of the water
nice
I love all your videos so much!! They're awesome 🐢💚 While I know this has nothing to do with this exact video I need some help because I am dealing with an issue in my RES aquarium and wanted to see if you had any advise. I recently discovered I have freshwater copepods in my planted and my RES tank. I have been told it's nothing to be worried about yet all the turtle groups I follow on FB say I should still do an entire filter and tank cleaning on my RES tank even though it would cause a bacteria bloom they said it should handle getting rid of the copepods yet everything else I've read including the pet stores told me not to worry and that you can't get rid of all of them short of throwing everything out and starting all over. I am so stressed and confused and need help! Should I do a full cleaning or just not worry about it. It's 1 4.5 inch male in a 75 gallon. No fish or anything live besides Buddy (RES) in that tank and its bare bottom. I already do monthly maintenance on my Fluval 407 and weekly 25% water changes. Please any advise would help ease my troubled and worried turtle mom mind! Thank you in advance.
Turtle King
🐢 are friends
The python problem
started when several importers were blown away by hurricane Andrew
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What puzzles me is, how the heck those baby turtles dig their way out of the hard soil.
Sometimes they don’t, and they have to await heavy rains or the following spring
Why does he just toss em around when digging them up? It doesn’t damage it before 24 hours or what? (I don’t know much about turtle eggs, just curious)
how slow growing are the alligator snappers? i have 1 thats about. 5 years and its hardly grown from hatchling size
at my local pond, there is a 45lb+ COMMON SNAPPING TURTLE
Can U please make a proper guide on growth rate of Common and Alligator snapping turtle based on their age based on uhr experience, bcoz that is one deciding factor whether I will have which one of them
這個視頻很好看 👍
I love alligator snapping turtles i wish they were legal up here in Oregon
What does he grow in the aquaponic beds?
From what I saw, looked like vegetables
I had no idea they came from ping-pong balls
Screaming tiger kings
👍
🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢
I really want a snapping turtle fr
That would be my dream job, to work at a place like that
Leave those babies alone meanie!
Lol
@@wealthymangolden824 lol
Hello, I'd like to buy a batch of Leucistic Alligator Snapping Turtles. Can we ship them to me?
Contact John, his information is in the video and the description
I live in St Louis Mo how can I get one of these?
They are very popular and expensive in China
Where can I buy an alligator snapping turtle?
It has the info where to buy them at the end of the video 👍🏼
how to buy a baby alligator?

How much 1 little baby ali snap ,i want to buy one, pleasee
How can i purchase a couple Alligator turtles? Thank you.
That information is in both the video description as well as the video itself 👍🏼🐢
My question to you is do you sale your turtles
I do not sell any turtles, sorry
How can I get one of your turtles?
You can’t
There’s a link in the video description to John’s business 👍🏼
Hehe murder pebbles