Jan 22, 2011: As it is seen from Russian, English and Latin names, the turtle is native to Borneo, Calimantan, Malaysia and some other adjacent islands. Half of it`s time it spends in water (on the photo), another half — on land. It is considered a tasty food in China and (not surprising, is it?) the species is on it`s way to the list of endangered species. Andrei mentioned that the turtle`s head resembles shark`s snout. That can be called another sample of convergence, I suppose.

St. Petersburg, Leningradskiy zoopark

species Malaysian giant turtle Orlitia borneensis