A critically endangered big-headed turtle has hatched in the UK – and is tiny enough to fit into the palm of a zoo-keeper’s hand.
At just two inches long, the tiny hatchling’s supposedly big head is still smaller than a 5p coin.
But the creatures grow to around 16in long as adults, with a head so big in relation to their body that it cannot be retracted into their shell. Instead, they have armour plating from head to tail and a very sharp beak to fend off predators.
