Odisha villagers rescue rare yellow turtle

Team Udayavani, Jul 20, 2020, 1:37 PM IST

Balasore: In a rare instance, locals of Sujanpur village in Odisha’s Balasore district witnessed a yellow turtle on Sunday, July 19.

As per sources, the turtle was rescued by locals of Sujanpur village on Sunday and they called the forest department officials and handed over the animal to them.

Sharing about this information, Indian Forest Services (IFS) officer Susanta Nanda took to Twitter with a video of the turtle swimming in water.

“A rare yellow turtle was spotted & rescued in Balasore, Odisha yesterday. Most probably it was an albino. One such aberration was recorded by locals in Sindh a few years back,” he wrote.

A rare yellow turtle was spotted & rescued in Balasore, Odisha yesterday.

Most probably it was an albino. One such aberration was recorded by locals in Sindh few years back. pic.twitter.com/ZHAN8bVccU

— Susanta Nanda IFS (@susantananda3) July 20, 2020

In another tweet, he posted a photo of turtle and wrote, “Close snap of the same. Mark the pink eyes, one indicative feature of albinism.”

Close snap of the same. Mark the pink eyes, one indicative feature of albinism. pic.twitter.com/MfXrXVYbfH

— Susanta Nanda IFS (@susantananda3) July 20, 2020