Last year, Fritz and his team had already proved that another mud turtle species, Pelusios subniger, was not endemic to the Seychelles but had been introduced by man.
From the sciencedaily.com
The bog turtle uses soft, deep mud to shelter from predators and the weather.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The turtle went down and retrieved mud from the bottom and gave it to Napio.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Visit the mud baths, the ruins of Kaunos, the local market and go turtle spotting.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Turtle corpses were strewn about the mud and mire surrounding the fallen nesting box.
From the sciencedaily.com
In what was once a machine gun nest, there is the turtle curve of a helmet emerging from the mud.
From the edition.cnn.com
To protect itself from predators, the turtle spends 95 percent of its life hidden in sand or mud with only its eyes and nose showing.