What is <\/b>Cantor’s Giant Softshell Turtle?<\/b><\/p>\n
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Source:<\/strong> Livemint<\/p>\n Cantor’s giant softshell turtle (<\/span>Pelochelys cantorii)<\/span><\/i> also known commonly as the Asian giant softshell turtle and the frog-faced softshell turtle is a species of freshwater turtle in the family Trionychidae.<\/span><\/p>\n Origin of Name<\/b>: The turtle gets its name from Theodore Cantor, a Danish zoologist who worked for the British East India Company in the mid-19th century, collecting and describing many reptiles.<\/span><\/p>\n Geographical Habita<\/b>t: Its extent ranges from Malaysia to India. Its presence in India has been recorded only a dozen times in 20 years, with sightings being reported anecdotally from Odisha, Tamil Nadu, and West Bengal.<\/span><\/p>\n IUCN Status: <\/b>Critically Endangered<\/span><\/p>\n Characteristics: <\/b>The turtle can grow up to a meter in length and weigh 100 kg.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n It is one of the few freshwater species which is at home in saline waters too.<\/span><\/p>\n The turtle inhabits inland rivers and is thought to keep to deep depths. It spends most of its time in the water.<\/span><\/p>\n The turtle spends 95% of its life buried and motionless, with only its eyes and mouth protruding from the sand.<\/span><\/p>\n The turtle nests between December-February.<\/span><\/p>\n Diet:<\/b> It is an ambush predator and primarily carnivorous, feeding on crustaceans, mollusks, and fish (although some aquatic plants may also be eaten).<\/span><\/p>\n It is also known to scavenge dead fish, becoming a natural agent in cleaning up rivers.<\/span><\/p>\n Source: <\/b>The post is based on the article<\/span> \u201cSaving a Giant Softshell Turtle\u201d <\/b>published in <\/span>Livemint on 4th June 2022.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What is the News? This article talks about the Cantor’s Giant Softshell Turtle. What is Cantor’s Giant Softshell Turtle? Source: Livemint Cantor’s giant softshell turtle (Pelochelys cantorii) also known commonly as the Asian giant softshell turtle and the frog-faced softshell turtle is a species of freshwater turtle in the family Trionychidae. Origin of Name: The… Continue reading Saving a Giant Softshell Turtle<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,9],"tags":[10501],"class_list":["post-188498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-public","tag-live-mint","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188498"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188498\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}