Dinner-plate sized turtle rescued from water plant [Video]

By Elizabeth Hunter via SWNS

A turtle “the size of a dinner plate” has been rescued from a water treatment plant.

The red-eared terrapin was discovered by a Southern Water employee at Testwood Water Supply Works in Totton, Hampshire.

Spotted by senior ecologist at Southern Water, Tom Alexander, the terrapin was quickly rescued and rehomed.

Tom said: “I saw the terrapin sunning itself at the edge of one of the water points. I reached over and picked it up and the terrapin didn’t struggle at all.

“I kept it in my bath at home while I found an animal charity that would agree to rehome it.

The terrapin was around about the size of a large dinner plate, weighed around 5 kilograms and was around 25cm long.

“My children loved having him at home and named him Terry.”

After being taken in at Raystede Centre for Animal Welfare, “Terry” was identified as a female and …