Zoology museum Cambridge

Museum / Department of Zoology, Cambridge

History of Museum of Zoology

26 May 1977
Police Sergeant Ray Dukes was proceeding in an easterly direction at midnight when he spotted something irregular – a giant turtle walking along Downing Street, Cambridge. It was not just an ordinary giant turtle, it was a giant snapping turtle and it was very angry. Taking care to avoid the snapping jaws, which can chop off a finger without too much trouble, he carried the turtle into the nearby Department of Zoology. The only person there was the night porter, Mr Charles Willard, who promptly locked it up for the night. Now the police are appealing for its owner to come forward and claim it
Credit: Mike Petty Archive, Cambridge DOWNING STREET & PEMBROKE STREET Scrapbook, reference 1977 05 26.

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