At the dawn of the Holocene era, about 10,000 years ago, turtles as big as this one still existed on Earth.
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The enormous giant tortoise Megalochelys atlas shows just how big it was compared to Rey. (Image by Jan Freedman) |
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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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