New species of turtle spotted

Scientists are baffled by a rare sea turtle which has been spotted swimming in the atlantic ocean off the coast of Scotland. It is unusual to see these marine reptiles in UK waters which normally prefer to frequent warmer tropical seas. However this one seems to have taken up residence here and locals have even given it the affectionate nickname of 'Nessie the second'. It seems to spend a lot of its time in the waters just offshore of Glasgow.

Naturalist Mel Sprite is of the opinion this may even be a new species of turtle. "It would be easy to identify this as a loggerhead turtle which it resembles in size and colour. However if you look closely at its facial features you can see slight differences between this specimen and other loggerheads yer knaa. It exhibits an unusual range of almost human like behaviours including winking, raising its eyebrows and smiling. This behaviour has never been documented in any species of turtle before, to my knowledge."

Eminent scientist Natty Inkspoon agreed, adding ' to me it looks quite familiar, like that funny flying creature Watto, on the phantom menace, except with fins not wings of course.' he said earlier. 'At first I thought this may be a fake image, doctored using photoshop software, but an extensive analysis of the image has proved it is definitely genuine"