For third time, Batagur baska babies hatch at Karamjal

[media type="image" id="636916" layout="mugshot" position="right" caption="1"][/media] Eggs of a northern river terrapin (scientific name Batagur baska) started hatching at Karamjal wildlife breeding centre in the Sundarbans in Bagerhat yesterday, 67 days after laying of the eggs. Twenty-one eggs of the reptile species, one of Asia’s largest freshwater and brackwater turtles, hatched out as filing this report yesterday evening and the process of hatching continued.