Rare tortoise (thought extinct) discovered in India

[theHandpuppet]

This news was just reported today, but I wonder if anyone else had heard anything about this discovery of a tortoise previously thought extinct.

http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=news&Story_ID=04166

Cops recover rare ‘tsunami sensing’ tortoise in Varanasi

UNI Varanasi April 15: While the world works on building a global tsunami warning system, back here in the religious city the police have recovered a rare rainbow coloured tortoise, which wildlife officials claim could sense impending natural calamities like undersea quakes.

The wondrous tortoise was recovered from a merchant navy employee, Ram Kewal Chauhan in the Dawshashamedh area of the city, who was planning to sell it for Rs five lakh, the police said. Chauhan, along with two other persons, has been arrested, they added.


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Wildlife warden (Varanasi), Mr P N Pandey claimed that wildlife conservationists had declared this species of tortoise as extinct and its recovery was a major breakthrough.


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