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Turtles unhappy after century together

By 윤민식
Published : June 12, 2012 - 10:01


(AP-Yonhap News)



Officials at an Austrian zoo said two 115-year-old turtles appear to be ending a romance that spanned more than a century.

Helga Happ, head of the zoo in Klagenfurt, said the giant turtles, together since they were young, came to the facility from the Basel Zoo in Switzerland 36 years ago, the Austrian Times reported Monday.

"But for no reason that anyone can discover they seem to have fallen out; they just can't stand each other," Happ said.

She said the turtles, named BiBi and Poldi, had to be separated when Bibi bit off a chunk of her mate's shell.

"We have staff talking to and trying to engage the two in interacting, and we hope that they might find their harmony again," she said. "We were told that it's very rare that after so many years animals who are a pair will fall apart, but that's where we are. We hope, though, we can [achieve] a reconciliation." (UPI)




백년간 같이 산 거북커플, 왜 원수 됐나?


100년이 넘는 세월동안 함께 지낸 거북이 커플이 사이가 멀어져 주위를 안타깝게 하고 있다.

UPI통신 보도에 따르면 호주 클라겐프루트에 있는 한 동물원에 있는 115살 먹은 거북 비비와 폴디은 최근에 다투기 시작했다고 한다. 끝내 암컷 비비가 수컷 폴디의 등껍질을 물어뜯는 사태까지 벌어지자 동물원 측에서는 둘을 분리시켜놓아야 했다.

그러나 100년 이상이나 같이 지내온 둘이 왜 이제와서 원수 사이가 되었는지는 아무도 모르고 있다.

동물원 측에서는 둘의 사이를 회복시키기 위해 애쓰고 있다고 밝혔다. (코리아헤럴드)


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