Endangered Four-eyed Turtle hatched at Tennessee Aquarium

With prospects for wild four-eyed turtle so dire, the Tennessee Aquarium is celebrating the recent hatching of two four-eyed turtles in its Turtle Nursery.

Found in forests and wetlands along a crescent-shaped arc range spanning China, Laos, and Vietnam, these critically endangered species are in steep decline thanks to a host of threats ranging from damming and habitat loss to the collection for the pet trade and harvesting their shells.

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