'Hoan Kiem turtle' appears in Yen Lap lake, Quang Ninh

Recently, a startling information, Hoan Kiem turtle appeared in Yen Lap Lake, a deep lake, in the high mountains, in the area of ​​Dong Trieu archipelago (belonging to 5 wards - communes of 3 localities is Ha Long City). , Quang Yen town and Hoanh Bo and Quang Ninh districts.

Lake Yen Lap (Quang Ninh) was built in 1978, at an altitude of 30.2m, 37m dam, water surface area is 182km ² , maximum depth is 30m, reserves are over 130 million / m3 of water, and the basin 14,000 ha of water is mainly in the administrative boundaries of Hoanh Bo mountainous district, 11,000ha of protection forest is adjacent to Son Dong district, Bac Giang province. When constructing the lake, the water surges in two villages: Van Nho, Nghia Lo and hundreds of hectares of forest submerged in the lake. This is the largest freshwater lake in Quang Ninh. The basis of determining the 'tool' of Hoan Kiem turtle in Yen Lap lake is based on the survey results, the recent scientific research of Asian Turtle Conservation Program, Indo-Myanmar Conservation, has been practically benthic in Yen Lap lake in the end of 2017.

Yen Lap Lake reserves 130 million cubic meters of water.

Specifically, when receiving the information of 2 people in Dong Coc village and Khe Lieu commune of Quang La commune, Hoanh Bo district, Quang Ninh, in 2013, a soft shell turtle of over 1 meter in length was weighed, weighing about 150 - 200kg, in Long Ca area - deep water in Yen Lap lake. Previously, around 2005 - 2007, a resident of Yen Cu village, Dai Yen ward, Ha Long city saw that the ward hunted animals from Hai Phong city to catch a soft apricot turtle weighing 36kg, at the temple pier area. Sounding. And most recently, the ward hunted rare animals from Hai Phong to go to Yen Lap lake, they skipped a large turtle, estimated to weigh over 1 quintal.

Yen Lap Lake used to be the largest freshwater reservoir in Vietnam in the 1970s.

Immediately, the Asian Turtle Conservation Organization left, the survey team included: Nguyen Tai Thang and Hoang Van Ha, officials of the Asian Turtle Conservation Organization, and Do Van Bao, who repeatedly encountered the 'instrument'. turtles float on the water and an officer of the Forest Protection Department of Yen Lap lake, to listen to 29 local people tell about what they have heard or the fact that turtles appear here; at the same time held nearly 1 month, with 361.5 hours using Baigish dedicated binoculars 20x50 multiples, the vision of water monitoring at various locations in the lake. The results of the 6-time detection of the tortoise 'stuff' rise above the water surface and leave a large, circular bubble of 2 to 2.5m in diameter.

Mr. Truong Thanh Son, Nguyen Ngoc Ky, Le Van Quang, Nguyen Phon Dien, Nguyen Thanh Phuong, staff of the Forest Protection Station protect Yen Lap lake forest and many people work on slash and burn cultivation, live near the water edge of Yen lake. Acknowledging several times, he saw the giant 'tool' that came to the surface. Some people also said that the cow turtle tool up the sandy beach of Hon Cua island in the sun.

The Asian Turtle Conservancy also urgently proposed: Quang Ninh should have a Research and Protection Project for the Hoan Kiem Turtle in Yen Lap Lake soon; to strictly prevent the hunting of wild animals in protection forests and watersheds of Yen Lap lake; strictly prohibiting the exploitation of destructive aquatic resources such as electric impulses, explosives . to protect the ecological environment of Yen Lap lake.

Yen Lap Lake is considered a green jewel.

Yen Lap Lake on the waterfall and primeval forest.

The pond water is clean and looks closely at the bottom of the shrimp swimming fish.

According to a key leader of Quang Ninh Provincial FPD, 'Specifically' Hoan Kiem turtle belongs to a large, soft-shell turtle, also known as the Sin-hoe Prize, scientific name Rafetus swnhoei. This is a rare and precious animal, today there are only 4 individuals in the world, an unknown individual died in a year, an individual in Ho Guom also died and the station said it was reported to post. Currently, Vietnam also owns two individuals of Hoan Kiem turtles, a 'tool' is identified as living in Dong Mo Lake, Son Tay (Hanoi), an 'instrument' in Yen Lap Lake (Quang Ninh).