地球上确认存在的斑鳖只剩下两只了，还都是公的。2012年，当地球上最后一只平塔岛象龟“孤独的乔治”离世后，“最孤独的动物”称号落到了斑鳖头上。斑鳖，一个稍显陌生的名字。它是全球现存体形最大的鳖科动物，我国一级保护动物，世界自然保护联盟“极危”物种。
I did not want to copy him， but neither did I want to have to keep making conscious efforts to avoid his choice of words. However， I could not help remembering his names for the main characters. Monkey I could not bring myself to drop. I regretted not being able to use Pigsy， but Pig was fine and I think I preferred Friar Sand to Waley's Sandy， which makes him a wee bit Scottish. Sanzang was not ideal for the general reader of English， but then， neither was Waley's Tripitaka.
鼋 国家一级重点保护野生动物鳖科、鼋属，古老爬行动物，生存至今已超过两亿年，被称为“水中大熊猫”。2022年5月19日20时，佛山市万绿源龟鳖繁育保护研究基地负责人仇全波兴奋地发现，监控里的沙池有了动静。水池子里的鼋爬上岸，前后划动着两侧的沙子。
