Terrapin saved as it crosses busy road in Ang Mo Kio

Sometimes, it pays to be slow. A reptile — which was labelled a tortoise in a social media post but which many netizens say is in fact a terrapin — that was trying to cross the road in the midst of busy traffic along Ang Mo Kio Avenue 5 was rescued by two motorists on the morning of March 22.

- Kolette Lim

A dashboard camera of a vehicle captured the moment the reptile was crawling slowly across the rightmost lane of the three-lane road, just before a traffic crossing.

In the video, a motorcyclist is seen pulling over beside the grass verge, about 30cm in front of the animal, as a lorry comes to a halt in the next lane.