The Burmese roofed turtle was once down to a few individuals in the wild but captive breeding has been a runaway success
If you want to turn your frown upside down this morning, a story about smiling turtles saved from extinction in Myanmar might just do the trick.
The Burmese roofed hatchling, whose upturned mouth makes it appear to have a constant smile on its face, was once the second-most critically endangered turtle in the world. Only five or six adult females and two adult males are known to exist in the wild. But last week, conservationists from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and the Turtle Survival Alliance announced they had successfully raised 1,000 of the turtles in captivity, and say the smiling turtle will soon be ready for release into the wild.
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