And it's ready for combat
The Environment Agency South West has announced on Twitter that: "An unexpected creature, a common snapping turtle, slithered from the debris when we desilted the Alphin Brook, Marsh Barton RSPCA Exeter kindly took it for re-homing.
"This non-native species threatens natural wildlife & should not be released to rivers, but found a new home."
The common snapping turtle has combative disposition when out of the water [that means it's going to try to attack you] with its powerful beak-like jaws, and highly mobile head and neck. In water, they are likely to flee and hide themselves underwater in sediment.
The species is native to North America, but not Marsh Barton.
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