Two kayakers captured footage of an enormous snapping turtle lounging on rusty chains within the Chicago River. The turtle obtained the nickname Chonkosaurus after one of many kayakers, Joey Santore, posted a viral video of the spectacle on Twitter.
Chicago River Snapper aka Chonkosaurus. Nice to see this beast thriving right here on what was as soon as such a poisonous river, however is slowly getting cleaned up & restored. Any person planted a bunch of native crops up the river from right here, too. I can solely surprise this issues been consuming. pic.twitter.com/u6bhlpo4p5
— Joey Santore (@JoeySantore) Might 6, 2023
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