'The turtle goes back to the Tortoise Tower in the sun

Around 9 am today, November 5, 2007, at Sword Lake, the area opposite Phu Gia Hotel "turtle tool" is floating again. This time, "he" climbed completely above the Turtle Tower area. Thousands of curious people have flocked to the area around the lake to see firsthand the sun-dried tortoise.

Not only the people flock to see the "turtle tool" floating, many foreign tourists walking in the area around the lake also stop "admiring" . "tools". Everyone showed great interest.

This is also the occasion for reporters and photographers to take advantage of the opportunity to record for themselves to make materials because not many people can meet this chance. According to observations of this floating "turtle tool" CAND Online, the length is about 1m and the width is about 0.7m.

"Turtle tool" Ho Guom (Photo: CAND.com.vn)

Although the people living in the area near the lake were able to see the "turtle tool" a lot of times, each time they had to "float", they had to run to see it, it seemed to be their habit.
Many people said that after many days of heavy rain and wind, today the weather is very beautiful, it is sunny but it is cold, it is possible that "he" will go to the sun longer than ever.

Because curious people flocked to the lakeside area to see quite a lot, Hoan Kiem District police force had to work very hard to maintain traffic order and safety.

'Turtle' or 'Three three'?
Through the image we can see about 'Turtle Lake Sword', it is probably not correct to call the 'instrument' as 'turtle'. Following this external appearance, especially the smooth skin on the apricot, without burrs, without the lines, is it possible that 'instrument' is a kind of trio?

Please provide some more facts about 'Turtle stuff':

According to Wikipedia's Online Dictionary, Ho Guom Turtle may be a new species of turtle (based on a number of morphological studies by Mr. Ha Dinh Duc, associate professor of Hanoi National University), with nomenclature Rafetus leloii, however, other documents suggest that it is a large species with nomenclature Pelochelys bibronii (Vietnam Red Book of 1992) or Rafetus swinhoei (www.asianturtlenetwork.org). Also according to this website, currently only 5 individuals are known at the time of R. Swinhoei in 2007, in which one individual lives in Sword Lake (Hoan Kiem Lake) of Vietnam and the other 5 individuals at China (1 at Shanghai Zoo, 1 at Suzhou Zoo and 2 in West Yuantong is also in Suzhou). The sixth child at Beijing Zoo died in 2005. No matter which nomenclature it is, it belongs to the Trionychidae family in the Turtle (Testudines), Sauropsia class (Lizard Face).

While waiting for the results of phylogenetic research based on genome, Wikipedia temporarily accepted the name Rafetus swinhoei.

Video clip "Go see the turtle in the sun". ( Movie: CAND.com.vn )

According to the Vietnam Red Book: Ho Guom Turtle has a large skull, the skull height is approximately the width (ratio between the height / skull width 8-9 / 10); slightly curved cheekbones, separated from the apical bone by the posterior eye bone; Short nasal bone. The lower jaw has no center edge and the width of the joint is smaller than the eye diameter. Carl and Babour (1989) describe cheekbones exposed to scaly bones, however when analyzing skull samples HN01, IEBR-nQT85, 1 unspecified skull sample in Thanh Hoa (stored at the Institute of Biotechnology ) see cheekbones connected to scaly bones through cheekbones; This feature is also mentioned by Farkas and Fritz (1998) 'cheekbones that make up the pulley of the ear bone for R. swinhoe'. Butterfly root bones are connected to the femoral bone. Short nose nozzle. Head, neck and upper face of the legs are black or brown, the bottom is yellow in dry specimens. Observing the first image of a turtle photographed in Sword Lake, there are many yellow spots on the sides and sides of the head, the face below the chin is slightly yellowish white. Males have long and thick tails, and the tail's tail is close to the anus.

This is just a personal opinion, I hope the scientists will comment to clarify

Trang Dung