{"id":629312,"date":"2026-06-09T14:15:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T14:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/629312\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T14:15:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T14:15:10","slug":"snapping-turtle-with-sharp-bite-found-near-swansea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/629312\/","title":{"rendered":"Snapping turtle with sharp bite found near Swansea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Snapping turtles are native to North and Central America.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Although some are kept as pets, Evie Button, exotic pets expert at the RSPCA, said they should not be kept by those who are inexperienced in looking after reptiles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;They need a lot of space and can be dangerous if handled incorrectly,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Recreating their conditions &#8211; including environment, diet and behavioural requirements &#8211; can also be difficult and costly, and exotic pets often end up in our care, or others in the animal welfare sector, later down the line when people realise they&#8217;re not easy to care for, or once the novelty wears off.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We would urge anyone thinking of getting an exotic animal as a pet to do lots of research first to ensure that it is the right pet for them and that they are able to meet all of its needs,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Snapping turtles are native to North and Central America. Although some are kept as pets, Evie Button, exotic&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":629313,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":["post-629312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=629312"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629312\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/629313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=629312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=629312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=629312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}