NEW MEXICAN ; Swedish anglers find live turtle under ice in frozen river...

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NEW MEXICAN (Santa Fe, New Mexico) 21 November 05 Swedish anglers find live turtle under ice in frozen river
Stockholm, Sweden (AP): Anglers fishing in a frozen river in northern Sweden came home with a highly unusual catch _ a live turtle they found trapped under the ice.
"My friends did not believe me but then saw it for themselves. And right then it moved," Anna Nyberg, one of the anglers said Monday.
After cutting a hole in the ice in the Rodan river, 645 kilometers (400 miles) north of Stockholm, the anglers managed to remove the turtle, which is now temporarily living in Nyberg's bath tub.
Nyberg said wildlife experts in Stockholm told her that the 24-centimeter-long (9.6-inch-long) turtle probably was of a South or Central American species that would not be expected to survive the grim Swedish winter.
However, Nyberg said she believes it probably was a North American species that can remain under the ice for 150 days by lying dormant. It was not clear how the turtle ended up in the river.
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