Case file · Folklore / legend
The turtles of Bayazid Bastami's shrine
Pilgrims at the Bayazid Bastami shrine in Chittagong feed black softshell turtles believed to be sinners turned into turtles; the species was described to science from this pond in 1875 and is now almost extinct in the wild.
1875 CE · 22.38, 91.81 · status: account