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Turtle found alive under ice
22/11/2005 08:37 - (SA)
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| A picture of the turtle found alive under ice in Sweden. (Kenneth Sandelin, AP) |
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Stockholm - Anglers fishing in a frozen river in northern Sweden came home with a highly unusual catch - a live turtle they found trapped under the ice.
"My friends did not believe me but then saw it for themselves. And right then it moved," Anna Nyberg, one of the anglers said on Monday.
After cutting a hole in the ice in the Rodan river, 645km north of Stockholm, the anglers managed to remove the turtle, which is now temporarily living in Nyberg's bath tub.
Nyberg said wildlife experts in Stockholm told her that the 24cm long turtle probably was of a South or Central American species that would not be expected to survive the grim Swedish winter.
However, Nyberg said she believes it probably was a North American species that can remain under the ice for 150 days by lying dormant. It was not clear how the turtle ended up in the river.
- AP
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