Friday, August 28, 2015

August 28, 2015
By Evan Hoopfer

Bill Hughes walked toward a room in the Tennessee Aquarium that looked like a supply closet.
"Guess you want to see the little monsters," he said, swinging open the door.
Inside is a wall of tanks containing different types of turtles. Two of the tanks contain five baby Beal's-eyed turtles that were born in mid-July, each about the size of a half dollar. In all the accredited facilities of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums in the U.S., there are only 20 Beal's-eyed turtles.
And they're all at the Tennessee Aquarium....