Residents of a village in Odisha’s Balasore district recently witnessed a unique and rare sight. They spotted a turtle that dons yellow colour in the locality 96 km away from the capital Bhubaneswar.
A senior wildlife office claimed it was a rare sighting.
“The whole shell and the body of the rescued turtle is yellow. This is a rare turtle, I have never seen one like this,” Bhanoomitra Acharya, Wildlife Warden, was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.
The turtle, after being spotted, was rescued by the villagers in the area. They then called the forest officials and handed him to them.
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“Most probably it was an albino. One such aberration was recorded by locals in Sindh few years back,” IFS (Indian Forest Services) officer Susanta Nanda wrote on Twitter, sharing a video of the turtle swimming in water inside what appears to be a vessel.
Close snap of the same. Mark the pink eyes, one indicative feature of albinism. pic.twitter.com/MfXrXVYbfH
— Susanta Nanda IFS (@susantananda3) July 20, 2020
He also shared a close up picture of the turtle with pink eyes that he claims is a unique feature of albinism.
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People took on twitter to share that they have never seen a yellow turtle before and had a word or two to say about it.
Hello there, yellow cutie. Wish you the best life! ???
— Nikita Nabanita (@Nikita_Nabanita) July 20, 2020
This is a SHOVEL NOSE ALBINO TURTLE??????
— Ayushman Nayak (@Ayushma41247333) July 20, 2020
Wow so beautiful
— Ruby (@Baijayanti100) July 20, 2020
A few days ago, yellow frogs, also known as Indian Bullfrogs, were spotted in the city of Narsighpur in Madhya Pradesh.
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