For years, Vietnamese children were told of an ancient turtle that lived in a lake. When the turtle appears, it is said to be a portent of an extraordinary event.
Now, researchers from the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo say they found a rare giant turtle in a lake west of Hanoi.
The turtle was thought to be extinct in the wild.
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