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Thursday, May 11, 2017

Ancient Turtles Were Huge

At the dawn of the Holocene era, about 10,000 years ago, turtles as big as this one still existed on Earth.



The enormous giant tortoise Megalochelys atlas shows just how big it was compared to Rey. (Image by Jan Freedman)
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  1. DDedenMay 12, 2017 at 11:50 AM

    Strabo's Geographica: "The Chelonophagi live under cover of turtle-shells, which are so large that they are used as boats..." https://books.google.com/books?id=BDxFAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA199&lpg=PA199&dq=strabo+turtle&source=bl&ots=1QYY8FDTBP&sig=E-aoO3oU5bXMZ5Smv-JmreXzx1k&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiUiaHl9OrTAhVKziYKHbIbDS4Q6AEIRTAJ#v=onepage&q=strabo%20turtle&f=false

    I had assumed that coracles were meant, but now have to reconsider.

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