The female turtle, which was around 1.5 metres long and weighed 93 kilograms, was discovered dead on 21 April on the shores of Dong Mo Lake in Hanoi’s Son Tay district. The turtle likely died several days earlier, but the cause of death is still unknown.
This female Yangtze giant softshell turtle was discovered in October 2020. At the time, no other female Yangtze giant softshell turtles were known to exist; the last known female died after a failed attempt at artificial insemination at Suzhou Zoo, China in April 2019.
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