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Old 6th June 2006, 01:41 AM   #8
fearn
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Hi Katana,

One point that might help your search: Vandoo's point about it being a freshwater turtle shell might help your search. The freshwater species tend not to occur on several continents, so far as I know.

This contrasts with the sea turtles, which do nest on several continents, although they tend to return to their particular natal beaches.

From your comments, I'd guess you searched on sea turtles. People have made shields from these, but I suspect that you'd get more informative results if you searched on "softshell turtle," as Vandoo suggested.

Neat shield. I'm not surprised that there's an African version, but I've never seen one before. Learn something new every day!

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