Detailed Explanation on Instagram: "A snapping turtle’s tongue is uniquely adapted for luring prey, especially in the alligator snapping turtle, whose tongue has a small, worm-like appendage called a lingual lure. When the turtle lies motionless on the river or lake bottom with its mouth wide open, it slowly wiggles this pink, fleshy lure so that it looks like a live worm drifting in the water. Fish, drawn in by what appears to be an easy meal, swim directly into the turtle’s open mouth. The mom

The head of a snapping turtle with its mouth open moving its tongue as bait. Snap turtle close-up. Underwater of Snapping Turtle Swimming near Bottom Making Bubbles in South Dakota.