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India's freshwater turtles are natural river cleanup crew, and they're disappearing fast
The biology behind the cleanup India has 29 species of freshwater turtles, and several of them are obligate scavengers, ...
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India's Indian softshell turtle is one of the most endangered freshwater reptiles in its own rivers
The Indian softshell turtle, Nilssonia gangetica, can grow to over 70 centimetres and weigh close to 25 kilograms. Its shell is not the hard dome most people picture. It is a flattened, leathery pad, ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Recovery of this softshell turtle species now requires working with a global population of only two or possibly three known ...
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