(Steven Platt/AP) The turtle was thought long gone until it showed up at a food market in China in 1994.
Turtle with Appetite for Rhinoceros Poop Found
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NOVEMBER 30, 2009
John Roach, MSNBC

An Asian turtle known as "Pyant Cheezar," which translates to "turtle that eats rhinoceros feces," has shown up in the thick forest of the Rakhine Yoma Elephant Sanctuary in Myanmar. Conservationists say the nickname is outdated, since the Sumatran rhino vanished from the area half a century ago due to hunting. The turtle, too, was thought long gone until it showed up at a food market in China in 1994.
Many Asian turtles, including the Arakan forest turtle, are popular food items, and human appetites are driving several toward extinction. The five Arakan forest turtles found in the wildlife sanctuary are the first wild specimens seen since 1908. Scientists with the New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society are encouraging beefed-up security at the sanctuary to help protect the species, which is listed as critically endangered by the IUCN.
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