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.
As the name implies, common snapping turtles (Chelydra serpentina serpentina) are native to Missouri and the Midwest. The alligator snapping turtle, Macroclemys temminckii, which lives mostly in the southeastern U.S. and can weigh over 120 pounds, is a close relative.hey can live in a wide variety of aquatic habitats: large creeks, rivers, river sloughs, swamps, marshes, farm ponds and sewage lagoons. Snapping turtles will eat just about anything (alive or dead) they can find in their watery habitat including fish, frogs, drowned animals, crayfish and aquatic plants.