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Can you keep turtles as pets? Does turtle meat have medicinal properties? On #WorldTurtleDay today we bust some common myths about turtles and tortoises in this #video.

#TurtleDay #turtles @FttfIndia @Herpomania @anujamital @ayushijain0601 @kcmouli25

#WorldTurtleDay There are 29 species of freshwater turtles & tortoises currently reported in India. @FttfIndia is a collective working to spotlight these lesser-studied species.
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READ: https://india.mongabay.com/2020/03/bringing-freshwater-turtles-out-of-their-shells-and-into-the-spotlight/

@ByAditiTandon @Herpomania @anujamital

Bringing freshwater turtles out of their shells and into the spotlight

https://youtu.be/R7zNSgpWUAw

This March witnessed the annual nesting activity of #oliveridley turtles in India’s coastal states Odisha and Maharashtra. This year though, day time nesting took place in Odisha after a gap of nearly seven years.

https://india.mongabay.com/2020/04/olive-ridleys-day-nest-in-odisha-after-seven-years-but-no-link-to-lockdown-say-experts/

@scribemanish @sghstory #WorldTurtleDay

Olive ridleys day-nest in Odisha after seven years, but no link to lockdown say experts

The eastern Indian state of Odisha is known worldwide for seasonally hosting olive ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) en masse as they visit the seashore along the Bay of Bengal for mass...

https://india.mongabay.com/2020/04/olive-ridleys-day-nest-in-odisha-after-seven-years-but-no-link-to-lockdown-say-experts/

Following the release of #blacksoftshell turtles in Assam’s Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary, researchers are hoping for a revision in the animal’s status, currently classified as 'extinct in the wild'.

https://india.mongabay.com/2020/05/moved-from-temple-ponds-to-the-wild-black-softshell-turtles-walk-towards-revival/

@deepanwita_t #WorldTurtleDay #blacksoftshellturtle

Moved from temple ponds to the wild, black softshell turtles walk towards revival

Following release of the black softshell turtle (Nilssonia nigricans) population in Assam’s Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary last year, Guwahati-based herpetologist Jayaditya Purkayastha is hoping for a...

https://india.mongabay.com/2020/05/moved-from-temple-ponds-to-the-wild-black-softshell-turtles-walk-towards-revival/

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