A farmer in eastern India has found a yellow turtle which experts say is the product of albinism.

Basudev Mahapatra spotted the turtle while he was working in his fields in the village of Sujanpur, in Odisha's Balasore district, and decided to bring it home, forest official Susanta Nanda told CNN on Tuesday.

Mahapatra found the turtle on Sunday and handed it over to forest officials, who called in conservation experts.

Siddhartha Pati, executive director at the Association for Biodiversity Conservation, which works to protect wildlife and habitats, told CNN it was the first time he had seen this kind of turtle.

Pati explained that the creature's color is due to albinism. "It is a congenital disorder and it is characterized by complete or partial absence of tyrosine pigment," he said.

"Also, sometimes a mutation takes place in the gene sequence or there is a deficiency of tyrosine." The turtle has now been released into the wild in Balasore, added Pati.

The turtle is known as the Indian flapshell turtle. This one was an adult -- believed to be between one and a half and two years old.

"We find turtles and crabs regularly and we rescue them and release them into the water. But this is the first time in Odisha and second time in India that an albino turtle has been found," said Pati.

The turtle is commonly found in Pakistan, Sri Lanka, India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Myanmar. It is omnivorous and its diet consists of frogs, snails and even some aquatic vegetation, he added.

In 2016, a rare albino green turtle -- newly hatched -- was spotted on an Australian beach. Volunteers from Coolum and North Shore Coast Care were "amazed" to see the tiny creature, which they named Little Alby, at Castaways Beach, on Queensland's Sunshine Coast.

Source: https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/21/asia/india-yellow-turtle-found-scli-intl/index.html

When you think you've seen it all, it's time to look again..................

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A real niggarrr is tired of seeing and hearing things

I read this news carefully just to see whether i go read where them write am say after the farmer see the turtle then he come use am do meat or pepper soup due to say the farmer poor

But to my greatest surprise nothing like that....which means he get wetin dey worry us for this Nigeria because if na Nigeria farmer see am that turtle for end for pot

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Who want gv u make u chop? U think say na naija

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Food is ready ...

Beautiful Creature. There are many animals we never know that exist. When I see some of these rare creatures, I can't help but marvel at God's amazing works.

...Egbe Olohun Tobi



Allahu Akbar

Hmmm

So pretty
God's greatest gifts to mankind are Science and Nature. So beautiful

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Hmmmm

Nature is blessed...God na better certified artist

Mahapatra found the turtle on Sunday and handed it over to forest officials, who called in conservation experts.

Mahapatra is not a Nigerian.

Maxymilliano:
Food is ready ...

Scanning. . .. . . ..found.

Rare specie , nature is nice though...
Btw, u ppl shud keep discovering u hear , better no start what u can't finish with this Ur discoveries

Actually I wanted to write on the privilege of what tmr bring has the ability to do something
Think about it

#me learning to be a motivational speaker lol#

Almost all species of animals have albinism, even cockroach.

Y'ELLO... so beautiful

Beautiful

Wait till native doctors start asking for albino turtle for sacrifice