Endangered twin Bell’s turtles born

A pair of endangered Bell's turtles were born through the University of New England conservation program - a 1-in-3000 event.

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00:19 (Dr. Jennifer Lee) Very few juveniles.

00:21 There's also very few adult turtles

00:23 and the adults that are there are quite old.

00:27 So we're very worried about the Bell's turtles in that population.

00:31 Well, when the turtles started hatching this season,

00:34 one of the containers had six eggs

00:37 and we ended up with seven babies.

00:39 And at first I thought, oh no, someone's made a mistake.

00:42 But no, when I investigated more closely,

00:47 yeah, two babies had come out of the one egg.

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