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Monday, November 23, 2009

Photo: "Extinct" Soft-Shell Turtle Found in Vietnam


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A captive Swinhoe's soft-shell turtle is seen in an undated photo.

Researchers from the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo found one of the rare freshwater turtles recently in a lake in Vietnam. Until now experts had thought the species was extinct in the wild.

Photograph courtesy Cleveland Metroparks Zoo