
National Aug 5, 2014
Invasive snapping turtles on the rise in Chiba, other areas
by Yutaro Desaki
The population of snapping turtles has surged around Inba Pond in Chiba Prefecture increasing concerns that the alien species may pose a danger to humans and harm the local ecosystem. Snapping turtles, which inhabit a wide area from southern Canada through South America, have been ...