YOUNG Emily Windle couldn't believe her eyes when she spotted a big terrapin bobbing about in the Leeds and Liverpool canal.
Emily had been canoeing on the canal near Thompson Park, Burnley, when she spotted the creature. She didn't hesitate to pluck him from the murky waters and take him home.
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