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04/16/08

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Categories: Crypto & Mythical Creatures

Rare Swinhoe's Turtle Living In Wild In Vietnam

Sometimes ancient myths really are true......

Giant Turtle

"Rumors had been murmured for years of a mythical beast living deep in the waters of a northern Vietnam lake.

Some in a village west of Hanoi claimed to be blessed by catching a mere glimpse of the creature's concave shell as it crested above the surface of their lake.

Maybe this was the reincarnation of a giant golden turtle of national legend that bestowed upon the Vietnamese people a magic sword and victory over Chinese invaders in the 16th century.

Whether that sacred turtle has materialized in the 21st century will be a matter of cultural debate among the Vietnamese.

But the fact that the species - known by scientists as a Swinhoe's soft-shell turtle (Rafetus swinhoei) - is still alive in the wild at all is equally exhilarating news to scientists."

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