My mata mata eating

[snakeguy101]

this is a cool little video i took of my turtle eating a fish i caught in my backyard. He was in his temporary tank while i waited for his new 135 gal to be set up.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyKdNXCmmoA

[YT]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyKdNXCmmoA[/YT]

 

[Hoyo12]

Amazing turtle. Nice video.

 

[Loubard]

Nice turtle! How big is he?

 

[snakeguy101]

he is currently about a foot long (from tip to tip of his carapace). and eating close to 200 big headed minnows a week or 50 mud minnows a week depending on what the bait store has in stock.