Sharing the ordeal on Facebook, the research centre talked about how it all happened. The boats had gone out to get this particular fish, which is carnivorous in nature. Then, in the laboratory, the biologists get to work to collect all the samples necessary to determine the sex of the bass there.

It was then when one of them noticed a sudden movement in a fish's stomach. After carefully opening it, they saw the little turtle. "Live turtles are not something biologists normally find amongst the stomach contents of largemouth bass," the post said.