I imagine the things Vietnam’s 200-year-old turtles have seen

Animals are the true residents of most places on this planet, having established habitats long before we emerged.

The land owns the land, and we live upon it some of us with dignity, others not.

Hoan Kiem Lake , in the middle of Hanoi , is home to two giant turtles preserved in glass cases.

The last confident sighting was in 2015 , and a dead turtle was hauled from the lake in 2016 .