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How Long Can Snapping Turtles Stay Underwater. In frozen 2, olaf the snowman claims turtles breathe through their butts. The length of time they can stay underwater depends on species and temperature.

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How long can turtles stay out of water. In lieu of air, turtles rely on stored energy and “cloacal breathing” to survive the duration of winter, drawing oxygen from water as it passes over blood vessels in the skin, mouth and cloaca, or the hind end. Do snapping turtles have teeth?

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How long can a turtle stay underwater before it needs to surface to breathe? Both snapping turtles and painted turtles can survive forced submergence at cold water temperatures in the lab for well over 100 days. These turtles can live for decades and become quite large (up to 30 lbs.). They can spend month after month on the bottom of a lake sitting in the mud or on top of the mud, barely breathing at all, their heart barely beating at all.