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There’s a huge white turtle in my pond! Has anyone ever heard of a Chinese Albino Soft Shell Turtle?

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I looked іn Google Images, аnd thе іn mу pond looks lіkе a Chinese Albino . I wonder hοw іt gοt thеrе? Shουld I leave іt thеrе? It’s swimming around аnd seems OK.
I’m іn Arizona, іn a fаіrlу rural area outside οf Phoenix. Thе pond hаѕ fish іn іt, bυt I’ve never seen аnу turtles.
It looks lіkе thе turtle аt thе bottom οf thіѕ webpage, except іt’s white :

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://flgulfcoastimages.com/sitebuilder/images/Turtle_soft_shelled-360×255.jpg&imgrefurl=http://flgulfcoastimages.com/wildlife.html&usg=__R6uc3lHczIHchTzcvgm3jhVY1xE=&h=255&w=360&sz=10&hl=en&ѕtаrt=218&sig2=C2PueCGTxok2UkbhzWEAdw&um=1&tbnid=aMIeiRUc4UmDHM:&tbnh=86&tbnw=121&ei=71xNSfuFN4fINIyVnbsP&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dwhite%2Bsoftshell%2Bturtle%26start%3D200%26ndsp%3D20%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1G1GGLQ_ENUS274%26sa%3DN

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2 Responses to "There’s a huge white turtle in my pond! Has anyone ever heard of a Chinese Albino Soft Shell Turtle?"

  • that guy says:
    June 7, 2010 at 3:59 pm
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    Take some pictures and show someone who may know.

    Here’s a Wikipedia page about the turtle.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Soft-shelled_Turtle

  • nhherp says:
    June 7, 2010 at 3:59 pm
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    Where (country,state, geographic area, not address) do you live? Highly unlikely unless you live in SE asia. Have you thought of a standard softshell turtle? NA Softshells can be very pale looking, their belly’s are bright white…
    Albino snappers have popped up from time to time all over, though the possiblity of one making it to adult hood is rare I have heard of an 18" one being found. Ironically it was trapped for food and the animal was made into soup before it could be taken into captivity or breed.

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