3/30/2024 0 Comments Rafetus turtle update![]() Scientists plan to take its sample for testing in 2021. The Asian Turtle Program of Indo-Myanmar Conservation said there are at least two turtles in Dong Mo Lake after a photo taken last Friday showed another soft-shell turtle estimated to weigh 130-150 kg in the same lake. The female soft-shell turtle weighs 86 kg and measures almost 100 cm in length. Scientists weighed, measured and took samples for genetic testing and released the animal back in the lake.Įxperts from the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology and Vietnam National University Hanoi analyzed its DNA and concluded it belongs to the species Rafetus swinhoei. Ta Van Son, director of the city Fisheries Department, said a group of its researchers at Dong Mo Lake spotted the turtle on October 22.
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