Extinct Turtle Species Lives on at Kansas Zoo with Help from New, Adorable Arrival
Photo of a turtle hatching via Getty Images.Photo:Getty Images/Westend61 Getty Images/Westend61 A zoo in Kansas has welcomed the arrival of a rare species of turtle! TheSedgwick County Zoo– a wildlife park that is home to 3,000 individual animals of nearly 400 species — announced the birth of a McCord’s box turtle on Friday. “This successful hatching is not only a first for our Zoo, but an important milestone for conservation as this species is EXTINCT in the wild,” the zoo wrote in aFacebook postthat included a video of the reptile’s arrival....