San Diego Wildife Alliance says its the the first zoo in North America to breed the endangered Indian narrow-headed softshell turtles; zoo staff thought they had 11 baby turtles but then found 30 more
After patiently waiting decades for a trio of endangered Indian turtles to reproduce, San Diego Wildlife Alliance officials are celebrating the arrival of 41 hatchlings this summer.
“All we knew was we wanted to make their habitat as natural as possible, make them as comfortable as possible and just keep our fingers crossed,” Gray said.Davis Provan, senior wildlife care specialist, checks on an Indian narrow-headed softshell turtle hatchlings. The San Diego Zoo recently found 41 of the turtles. The endangered species is carnivorous and eat fish, crustaceans and frogs.
“The stars just aligned,” said Davis Provan, a senior wildlife care specialist who has worked with reptiles at the San Diego Zoo for the past five years. In all, keepers found four clutches in the sand. They gathered up the eggs, incubating the ones that looked to be the healthiest, and ended up with 11 hatchlings emerging in August.
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