Endangered freshwater turtle found at Singapore's Changi Beach


The pig-nosed turtle was sighted on the shores of Changi Beach on Jan 22. - Photo: Iman Friday

SINGAPORE: It was a fish out of water, or rather, a turtle in hot soup. Children collecting trash at the beach were thrilled to discover a turtle on the shores of Changi Beach on Thursday (Jan 22).

But instead of its ocean-faring cousin, the reptile was a pig-nosed turtle far from its freshwater habitat.

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