A sacred Turtle in Vietnam, symbolizing the countries independence has recently been spotted with opened sores on its legs and neck. It is unknown how they got their but they assume the possibility of hooks from fishermen and smaller turtles. The turtle known as “the great grandfather” is 440lbs and said to be 300 years old but experts say its more like 80-100 years old. They dont say what kind of turtle it is but they do say the task to help it is way more urgent as its one of the rarest turtles in the world and there are only believed to be 4 left on the entire planet. Efforts to catch the turtle by divers failed and the task in ongoing.