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Mutant Brummie Turtle

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3047002/Old-age-mutant-Brummie-turtle.html ANGLER Steve Bellion was shell-shocked last night - after catching a giant TURTLE. Steve, 23, was fishing for carp when he hooked the 57lb monster in a lake near Birmingham. He was amazed when he got it on the bank and it was identified as an 80-year-old alligator snapping turtle, from south-eastern USA. Tales had abounded for a decade of a vicious creature biting through anglers' lines and attacking ducks. Steve said: "It was hissing and snapping and could easily have taken your hand off." The ancient female is believed to have been a pet which grew too big and was released into Earlswood Reservoir. British Waterways staff moved it to West Midlands Safari Park - where it may now mate with a resident male. Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3047002/Old-age-mutant-Brummie-turtle.html#ixzz0tHkIC4lH