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What is star tortoise ? i am seeing in the newspaper that the live star tortoicses siezed in the Air ports ?

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what is star tortoise ? why they sieze it ? what is the use of the tortoises ?

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  1. The Star tortoise belongs to a group of tortoises that bear a distinguishing radiating pattern on their carapaces.

    http://www.tortoisetrust.org/articles/el...

    They get sold for food and to be raised as pets illegally.

    It is considered critically endangered by the IUCN

    source:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burmese_Sta...

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