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carlos for scale

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carlos for scale

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The turtle has “the site of a car”, 2.4 m apparently.
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  Actually, up to 4m. 😳
  
  https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/feb/12/giant-turtle-fossil-south-america-stupendemys-geographicus
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    Then they might have found even bigger individuals in the meantime.
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    The sources I’ve found are not specific. The turtle with “the size of a car” might be 2.4 m or up to 3 m.

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