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23-APR-2011 Chris Cox

A Logger Head Turtle Death Grip

Louisiana

Turtles are always rumored to have a "Death Grip", if they grab you, they won't let go sometimes until death.
Here are two captured Logger Head Turtles, a 29 lb one on the left and a 20+ lb one on the right.
When they got close together, they started snapping and biting at each other.
The 29 lb Logger Head Turtle has the smaller one in a "death grip".
His bite was so powerful we could hear the skull bone cracking. After about 15 minutes, he let go.

Nikon D7000 ,Nikon 24-120mm F4.0
1/80s f/5.0 at 120.0mm iso200 full exif

other sizes: small medium large original auto
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Phil Orgeron27-Apr-2011 18:34
Wow! Nice capture!
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