Turtles make triumphant return

The San Diego Zoo is celebrating an extremely rare event: the arrival of 41 Indian narrow-headed softshell turtles. This is the first time the species, which is native to South Asia, has been successfully bred in North America. Indian narrow-headed softshell turtles typically live at the bottom of deep rivers and streams in northern India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Nepal. Adults can grow up to 3.6 feet long and weigh as much as 440 pounds. During monsoon months in central India and dry months in other regions, the turtles breed, laying up to 190 eggs in a nest on the beach and covering it with dirt to protect the eggs from predators. When the babies hatch, they can fit in a person’s palm, at 1.5 inches long. The San Diego Zoo…

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