Turtles are in fact sometimes cannibalistic creatures. If kept in captivity and their tank is too small and there is not plenty else for them to feed upon, they have been known to attack each other and become cannibalistic towards one another. Turtles in the wild and kept in captivity are also prone to eat turtles that are smaller than them or that are sickly.
However, it should be noted that some turtles do not even need to feel crowded, or be around smaller or sick turtles or anything like that. The stomach content of some studies have shown that some snapping turtle’s diets mainly consisted of other turtles.
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