The giant snake-necked turtle is also a completely aquatic turtle. Even hibernation or mating is completed in the water. Only the female turtles will come ashore when they lay their eggs. If the river dries up in a drought, they will burrow into the soil Aestivation until the rainy season comes.

The giant snake-necked turtle is large and needs an aquarium of more than three feet rearing. Giant snake-necked turtles are carnivores that eat snails, aquatic insects, fish and amphibians. Also eat snails, aquatic insects, worms, snails, shrimp and small fish, etc., also eat the stems and leaves of plants.