Rare turtle hatches at Tenn. aquarium Beal's four-eyed turtle was 0.21 ounces, 1.52 inches long

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Rare turtle hatches at Tenn. aquarium
Beal's four-eyed turtle was 0.21 ounces, 1.52 inches long when hatched



This photo released Friday, June 15, 2007 by the Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga, Tenn., shows a baby Beal's four-eyed turtle.
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Updated: 7:56 a.m. CT June 18, 2007
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - A rare turtle has hatched at the Tennessee Aquarium, one of only three places in the United States that display the endangered species, aquarium officials announced.
A Beal's four-eyed turtle, named for two white spots on the back of its head that look like a pair of eyes, hatched from a clutch of three eggs, officials said Friday.
"This little turtle in Chattanooga may represent the first successful reproduction of Sacalia bealei in a North American institution," aquarium herpetologist Enrico Walder said.

The turtle weighed 0.21 ounces and was 1.52 inches long when it hatched June 9.
There are only 18 known Beal's four-eyed turtles in the United States and Europe. The Dallas Zoo and the Charles Paddock Zoo in Atascadero, Calif., also have the turtles, officials at the Chattanooga aquarium said.

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[youngdem]

1. I name him Cletus, KING of the REDNECK TURTLES