Hoan Kiem turtle (Rafetus swinhoei)
Sphere - Turtle
KNIGHT RIDDER
NEWSPAPERS
Coming up for air: This 1993
file photograph shows the Hoan Kiem turtle in Hanoi, Vietnam. The legendary
Hoan Kiem turtle should be making one of its rare appearances soon. Experts
fear that it could be one of the last.
Legendary turtle should
be making
one of its rare appearances
soon
BY MARK MCDONALD
Knight Ridder Newspapers
HANOI, Vietnam — It could happen any morning now.
It probably will be cool and overcast, with a breeze out of the northeast
and maybe a light rain falling. There, out on Hoan Kiem Lake in the heart
of the Vietnamese capital, breaking the surface — a snout will appear.
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