Feeding turtles, increasing merit


A turtle is pictured at a pond at Wat Posop temple in Bangkok June 29, 2009. The pond at the Buddhist temple houses thousands of turtles which were released by devotees with the belief that setting the animals free is seen as liberation of life and the act increases a person's merit.


A visitor feeds a piece of cucumber to a turtle at a pond at Wat Posop temple in Bangkok June 29, 2009.


A 28-year-old African Spur Thigh Tortoise, the largest continental land tortoise, yawns at The Live Turtle and Tortoise Museum in Singapore July 29, 2009.


A visitor feeds a piece of cucumber to a turtle at a pond at Wat Posop temple in Bangkok June 29, 2009.


A girl feeds a piece of fruit to a turtle at a pond at Wat Posop temple in Bangkok June 29, 2009.


A visitor feeds a piece of watermelon to a turtle at a pond at Wat Posop temple in Bangkok June 29, 2009.
(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

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