Tennesee Aquarium hatches Beal's four-eyed turtle.

A rare turtle has
hatched at the Tennessee Aquarium, one of only three places in the
United States that display the endangered species, aquarium officials
announced.

"This little
turtle in Chattanooga may represent the first successful reproduction
of Sacalia bealei in a North American institution," aquarium
herpetologist Enrico Walder said.

There
are only 18 known Beal‘s four-eyed turtles in the United States and
Europe. The Dallas Zoo and the Charles Paddock Zoo in Atascadero,
Calif., also have the turtles, officials at the Chattanooga aquarium
said.

"As with many Asian
species, the Beal‘s four-eyed turtle has been over collected for use in
the Chinese food and traditional medicine trade," Walder said.

The Tennessee Aquarium is known for the display and husbandry of terrapins.  This is another feather in the cap of a successful aquarium.

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