Chicago has a new celebrity named Chonkosaurus.
The snapping turtle, which was spotted on the Chicago River earlier this month, has won over the internet with its impressive size.
"We were just laughing because it was so gargantuan and the scene it created perched on the edge of these giant, rusty chains — signs of the former industry that used to be on the river," Santore said. Posting the video on Twitter, Santore wrote,"I can only wonder what this thing's been eating." Over 800,000 views later, the people of the internet have come up with such theories as"deep dish" pizza and"what every Chicago chonk eats."All jokes aside, experts say large snapping turtles are opportunistic eaters.
"The warmer it gets, the quicker the eggs are going to mature and the better chance she has of emerging in about a month again out of the water onto land so that she can lay eggs," Anchor said.
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