Critically Endangered Turtles Hatched At Bronx Zoo | Video

1,136 views · Published 18 December 2012 · 1:26 · Indexed 20 October 2026

Channel: Live Science · 2012 · Science & Technology

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Five Chinese yellow-headed box turtles, an extremely rare turtle with fewer than 125 members left in the wild, were hatched at the Bronx Zoo. Human consumption, use in traditional medicine, and the pet trade has pushed the species close to extinction

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