47+ How Long Can Sea Turtles Stay Underwater Gif. It depends on the species, locality and temperature. Alligator snappers can stay submerged for up to 50 minutes before they need to come up to breathe.
As a result, their specially adapted lungs are well suited when they dive deep into the sea.
Trachemys scripta) and the painted turtle (chrysemys picta) can stay submerged for a rather long. When resting, sea turtles can stay underwater for days. Green sea turtles can stay underwater for up to five hours, but their feeding dives usually only last five minutes or less 10. Is this quiz almost over, because i don't know.