I thought I would brighten up your Sunday by making this post a bit educational. So, in my very best Johnny Morris voice (and zookeeper uniform- which I must say looks very fetching and shows off my tight ass) I will reveal to you todays amazing animal.

IT is the Alligator Snapping Turtle
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An alligator snapping turtle can take your finger off with one chomp

That's very clever. A chomp is a chocolate bar and traditionally they have very soft edges. To remove a finger with a chocolate bar takes all the skill of that bloke from the Saw movies.

but the cheat is in how it's able to lure its bait. The inside of the turtle's mouth is camouflaged, and on top of that their tongue features a worm-shaped appendage on its tip.

A Worm shaped appendage? How clever. If only a human had evolved to get a worm shaped appendage in their mouth...

Not only does this look like a fish's feast, but it actually mimics the movements of a worm as well.

Little worm movements. Very clever. They must have studied worms for ages to make sure the movements were right. But I suppose that is 'survival of the fittest' for you. If you don't wiggle that worm correctly... you become extinct!

Can you really blame the fish for falling for it?

Not at all. But fish are not generally known for their huge intellect. Unless it was Michael Fish.... I bet you wouldn't see Michael fish falling for a wiggly worm shaped appendage.

All the turtle has to do is lie down, open up and say "ahhh"

Actually, that works for me too ;)

—once an unsuspecting fish moves in for a closer look, the tremendous speed and force of the turtle's mouth completes the ambush. It's an open-and-shut case

Open and shut case... I see what you did there. HAHAHAHA

And there you go. The amazing Alligator snapping turtle :)