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- Researchers have discovered a population of black softshell turtles in a wetland in southern Nepal.
- This species was so rare that it was briefly declared extinct in the wild in 2002, as the only known population was in a pond at a Sufi shrine in Bangladesh.
- Experts say that the wetland and river populations can protect the turtles and form the basis of an ecotourism industry that will benefit locals.
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