Local residents release a thousand-year-old turtle, which is listed as a national key protected animal, to the sea at Haian port in Xuwen County, south China's Guangdong Province on January 17, 2007. The 1.32-meter-long, 0.88-meter-wide turtle boasts a weight of 124 kilograms and is estimated at 1,000 years old at least. [ycwb.com]