Occupational Health and Safety Laws. The Occupational Safety & Health Act is a federal law that protects workers from retaliation for complaining to their employer, OSHA, or other government agencies about unsafe conditions in the workplace.
Sexual maturity is attained between 11 and 13 years of age, and alligator snapping turtles have been known to live up to 70 years in captivity, although the lifespan in the wild is unknown (11). The alligator snapping turtle actively forages for food at night, but is more of a sit and wait predator during the day.
Note that the alligator snapping turtle is a different species of snapper found in southern states farther west than New England. Those often huge freshwater turtles can weigh 175 pounds, but do not live around here.Common snappers are hardy and adaptable.he common snapping turtle is a large turtle. If you think snapping turtles look prehistoric, that is because they are prehistoric. The snapping turtle has been around for 200 million years and was present before the dinosaurs. Its shell, or carapace, is brown or black and often covered with mud or algae.