Here Are Pictures Of A Baby Sulawesi Forest Turtle Hatching At Riverview Park & Zoo

The Riverview Park & Zoo is excited to announce they have successfully hatched a Sulawesi Forest Turtle, which is a critically endangered species. There is a worldwide effort to manage a sustainable captive population to preserve the species but successful hatchings are extremely rare. Check out the stunning pictures below of "Skippy" entering the world in Peterborough...

The egg is incubated under carefully controlled conditions for 152 days...

And the hatching begins...

The zoo team was very nervous as there was no sign of movement at first...

The shell membrance is carefully removed...

Skippy's first look at the world...

Well hey there little guy, welcome to the world...

Skippy in an incubator to monitor...

Skippy moves to his new habitat...

Skippy weighs in at about 27g and his shell is about 5 cm in length...

[via Riverview Park & Zoo Facebook page]

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