“Ain’t nothin’ gonna to break my stride Nobody gonna slow me down, oh no…” Slow as shell. Due to its huge physique, the snapping turtle runs at an average speed of 2.4 mph. In water, this speed boosts up to 10 to 12 mph. Same. Hey, forward is forward. Snapping turtles will snap if provoked, but they aren’t typically aggressive. In the water, they are usually calm, and they aren’t considered a danger to swimmers. However, they can be a bit more aggressive on land. Did you know the average common snapping turtle can bite with a force of about 210 Newtons? A “newton” is the unit of force in the International System of Units (SI). It’s defined as 1 kg⋅m/s2, the force which gives a mass of 1 kilogram an acceleration of 1 metre per second per second. So, nothing to do with figs. Sounds complicated, we just post turtle videos, but 210 Newtons is a good amount a force. 📹: Life is a marathon, not a sprint. A large snapping turtle slowly walking in real-time at Pictured Rocks National Lakesh...