It is said that the slowest moving tortoise lives for many years. But till date what a big turtle you have seen. Maybe a few centimeters bigger, but the turtle we are telling you about today was so big that knowing its length and width will blow your mind. This turtle of the dinosaur era was huge in length as well as in weight. Scientists estimate that the weight of this turtle will be around 2 tonnes. It is said to be the largest of all the turtles ever found in Europe.
Where was this turtle found
This turtle is not alive but in the form of a fossil have been found. Its remains show that it is the largest of all the turtles found so far in Europe. It is being said that it will be present on the earth 83 million years ago. Its total length will be around 12 feet. That is, more than twice the height of an average person.
Who is the largest turtle on earth
The largest turtles that are currently alive on the earth are leatherback turtles. . Their length can be up to 7 feet. However, if we talk about the largest turtles ever found on the earth, then the name of Archelon comes at the top of them, whose length was around 15 feet. However, it is said that when there were dinosaurs on this earth, there used to be a species of turtle, Mojasaurus, whose length used to be around 50 feet.
How did turtles get so big
Oscar Castillo, who is studying paleontology at the University of Barcelona, says that when dinosaurs lived on this earth, the size of these turtles was very large. Turtles used to increase their body size so that they could escape from the predators around them. Even today some organisms make similar changes in their shape.
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