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A turtle on the sandy bank of a river with greenery behind it

A map showing the relative positions of the Fitzroy, Burnett and Mary Rivers compared to Baffle Creek.

A young woman in a blue shirt holding a large turtle covered with bits of moss.

"That means that for four, five, six months, they're really at risk of [predators] getting to them,"
she said.

A tiny turtle in the palm of a hand

A woman in a blue shirt and hat smiles while leaning against a white car

"It's quite a special turtle species and we're really lucky to have it,"
she said.

A turtle is held up to a measuring stick

Three people stand in a river with ropes

"Maybe they weren't so critically endangered as we originally thought."

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