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Tennessee Aquarium sees baby turtle boom

8:55 PM, Jul 26, 2012   |    comments
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There's been a baby turtle boom at the Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga.

Since the start of July, there's been nearly two dozen turtle hatchlings born.

The aquarium has more than 500 turtles from 75 different species.

They have three new Four-Eyed Turtle babies. The species gets its name from the false eye markings on their necks.

The majority of the US' population of this species of turtles is at the Tennessee Aquarium.

There is also now seven Red-Headed Amazon River Turtles. They're listed as vulnerable and scientists don't actually know how many are left in the wild.