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Friendship ended with all the other animals on my Animal Crossing: New Horizons island. (Sorry, Raymond.) The snapping turtle is my new best friend — or, at least, it will be when I catch one.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons lets you toss your bugs and fish on the ground — in crates and cages, which can be stacked and stored on your island. There is one exception, so far: the snapping turtle. No, it’s not that you can’t put it on the ground, but that it doesn’t have a crate or a cage. It’s just a turtle, on the floor, that opens it mouth and breathes heavily. It’s slightly creepy and I absolutely need a snapping turtle pal.
I’m already transitioning my turnip storage bathroom into my future snapping turtle’s bedroom. Lots of other Animal Crossing: New Horizons players are doing this, too. (Maybe not going as far as a snapping turtle bedroom — but some are!)
This is what it's like to put a snapping turtle in your house. #AnimalCrossing #ACNH pic.twitter.com/XloOeDlsmC
— Gavin C (@Gaming98) April 2, 2020
Today's #ACNH excitement was getting a snapping turtle to be my new house pet pic.twitter.com/DFygh4kZA5
— morgan whitley (@_MorganWhitley_) April 1, 2020
The Snapping Turtle doesn't even go in a tank. This makes me feel uncomfortable. #AnimalCrossing #ACNH #NintendoSwitch pic.twitter.com/qguNA6o0YA
— LordTerminal (@Lordofthesuplex) April 3, 2020
u can do anything u want in AC so ive decided to adopt a snapping turtle. his name is tortolomew #AnimalCrossing #ACNH #NintendoSwitch pic.twitter.com/DYZWqwE3Ce
— if hes not large ill die (@gaynidai) April 4, 2020
This is Moriarty, the snapping turtle. He lives on top of my wardrobe. What a majestic chonk. #AnimalCrossing #ACNH #NintendoSwitch pic.twitter.com/epKeb0kYNt
— Dub Illegal (@TwitchEagle) April 5, 2020
Day two: meet Hubert, my snapping turtle <3 #AnimalCrossing #ACNH #NintendoSwitch pic.twitter.com/G95CMdE0fA
— ASM-Mar (@missmarajoy) April 4, 2020
My day:
— Mayor Mily (@Spaceosauruz) April 5, 2020
Made a heart pond, took a nap, made a little hangout area and relaxed in my garden with Stephen the snapping turtle <3
#ACNH pic.twitter.com/OC49GozVJm
Welcome to my fairy-tale cottage. Please remember to leave appropriate tribute to Cloris Leachman the snapping turtle #ACNH pic.twitter.com/6E004CY4sU
— Mariah who death forgot (@jurassic_snark) April 5, 2020
Caught a second snapping turtle and now he's my pet. #AnimalCrossing #ACNH #NintendoSwitch pic.twitter.com/zP7dfxJhbQ
— Piggylicious (@Piggylicious) April 1, 2020
True.
— Emma Hall (@emmahhall1) April 6, 2020
This weekend I caught a snapping turtle. Her name is Meredith. We have picnics now. #AnimalCrossingNewHorizon #acnh #AnimalCrossing https://t.co/OGvcO3dWDF pic.twitter.com/dVCl9yTF3J
Apparently, the snapping turtle — I will name mine Larry — will just chill wherever you’ve placed it. When you get close (and push A) it’ll open its mouth and make the breathing sound. If you pick it up and show it off, it’ll wiggle a bit. It’s very cute and awkward. I love him.
Here’s another fun fact about the snapping turtle: It’s got a history with Blathers, too. If you choose to donate your snapping turtle to the museum (and how dare you) Blathers will tell you a story about a time he encountered one — and it chased him across a parking lot and he had to climb on top of a car to get away. (Never mind that Blathers is an owl and presumably can fly.)
Anyway, I’ve got to get back to renovating my house for my new best friend’s arrival. If you’ve got a spare dog bowl or litter box, let me know. (And at least now I know the litter box wasn’t for Rosie!)
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