when people heard the changsha turtle was a female yangtze giant soft-shell turtle, they did not bring her to suzhou right away. both cities wanted the other turtle brought to them. they did not want to send their turtle to another city. turtles are important symbols of living a long time in china, so the people of changsha did not want to give her away. after a long time, the two zoos agreed. the female would come to changsha and that they would share the baby turtles. in 2008, people moved the female turtle from the changsha zoo to suzhou shangfangshan forest zoo.