Rare Yellow Turtle Rescued In West Bengal
Recently, a rare yellow turtle was rescued from a pond in Burdwan located in West Bengal. On Tuesday, October 27 Debashish Sharma from the Indian Forest Services tweeted some pictures of the turtle in a post on social media and also shared details about this.
By Bhavonblog
YELLOW TURTLE
A rare species turtle of an unusual yellow colour. Its colour has been associated with either genetic mutation or congenital disorder due to the absence of the tyrosine pigment.
POST ABOUT THE RESCUE OPERATION
In his post on Twitter, Debashish Sharma shared details of the rescue operation.
"Today, a yellow turtle was rescued from a pond in Burdwan, West Bengal. It's one kind of a rarely occurring flap shell turtle. It's an albino kind whose peculiar yellow colour is maybe because of either some genetic mutation or congenital disorder due to absence of tyrosine pigment," Debashish Sharma said in the caption of the post.
Here is his post on Twitter.
Today a Yellow Turtle was rescued from a Pond in Burdwan,WB. It's one kind of a rarely occuring Flapshell Turtle. @ParveenKaswan @SanthoshaGubbi @RandeepHooda @rameshpandeyifs pic.twitter.com/enTyNAkxmP
— Debashish Sharma, IFS (@deva_iitkgp) October 27, 2020
RESPONSE ON HIS POST
Debashish Sharma's post has gone viral on social media and cyber-citizen shared their thoughts and opinions through comments.
They said - "The unique wildlife you share shows how precious the web of biodiversity is,". Many people find it adorable, beautiful and many of them appreciate his efforts.
Wow.. this is the first time I am seeing this colour.. beautiful it is ❤️❤️
— Vanishree (@Vanishr37017941) October 27, 2020
Formerly, In July similar news captivates the attention in which, a yellow turtle was spotted in the Balasore district of Odisha and rescued by locals subsequently. Therefore, this news from West Bengal recalls that news.
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