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Posted: May 9, 2025 | Last updated: May 9, 2025 Soft-shelled turtles are fascinating creatures, often symbolizing patience and longevity in various cultures.

BALASORE: Forest officials rescued 196 soft-shelled turtles, that were being smuggled to West Bengal, from a pick-up van near Chalanti-Jaleswar bypass in Balasore district on Wednesday.

The turtle had a long nose, a little like a stubby elephant’s trunk, and a wide, soft and slippery shell. The shell didn’t have any scutes and was relatively light in color.

But a new state law protecting the shelled species ended Nisswa’s traditional means of acquiring turtles for the races. The Nisswa Chamber of Commerce, which puts on the races, needed 100.

JERANTUT: Over five decades ago, five to six female giant softshell turtles could be seen laying eggs daily during the height of the nesting season in March and April, on the sandy banks of Sungai ...

Researchers release some of the cohort of 50 spotted softshell turtles (Pelodiscus variegatus) in a freshwater lake in northern Vietnam in December 2023. Image courtesy of C. T. Pham and T. Ziegler.

Cooch Behar: Residents of Baneswar on strike over deaths of Black soft-shell turtles The Black soft-shell turtles are marked critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature ...

The police in Cooch Behar have taken certain steps to check the deaths of Mohans or Black Soft-shell Turtles in Baneswar of the district. In the past four-five days, around 10 such turtles have died ...