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This Buddhist temple near Shanghai has an extraordinary story attached to it.
這所上海附近的佛廟有一段與之相關(guān)的傳奇故事。
In May 2007, A Wild China camera team filmed this peculiar Swinhoe's turtle in the temple's fish pond. According to the monks, the turtle had been given to the temple during the Ming dynasty, over 400 years ago.
2007年5月，一支野性中國攝制組在這所寺廟的魚塘里拍攝到了這只罕見的斑龜。據(jù)寺廟的和尚所說，這只龜在明朝期間被賜予寺廟，至今已有400余年歷史了。
It was thought to be the oldest animal on Earth. Soft-shelled turtles are considered a gourmet delicacy by many Chinese, and when it was filmed, this was one of just three Swinhoe's turtles left alive in China, the rest of its kind having been rounded up and eaten.
它被認(rèn)為是地球上最老的動物。軟殼龜被很多從中國人視為神賜的饋贈。在被記錄下的時候，它已是中國僅存的三只斑龜之一。他的同胞們被當(dāng)作食物剿殺殆盡。
Sadly, just a few weeks after filming, this ancient creature died.
悲痛人心的是在拍攝后的短短幾周后，這只遠古的生物與世長辭了。
