microrobert
07-25-2013, 08:50 PM
Gigantic, Ancient Turtle Sucked up Prey with its Long Snout
http://images.natureworldnews.com/data/images/full/2703/reconstruction-of-ocepechelon-bouyai.jpg?w=600
An ancient and extinct species of marine turtle is described as being one of the largest turtles to have ever lived on Earth, and a peculiar eater that sucked up its prey with its abnormally long snout.
Scientist at the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle recently described the newly discovered genus and species of sea turtle in the the journal PLOS One.
Ocepechelon bouyai, as the creature has been named, was remarkable not only for its size, but for its strangely shaped head and mouth.
Gigantic, Ancient Turtle Sucked up Prey with its Long Snout : Animals : Nature World News (http://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/3098/20130722/gigantic-ancient-turtle-sucked-up-prey-long-snout.htm)
http://images.natureworldnews.com/data/images/full/2703/reconstruction-of-ocepechelon-bouyai.jpg?w=600
An ancient and extinct species of marine turtle is described as being one of the largest turtles to have ever lived on Earth, and a peculiar eater that sucked up its prey with its abnormally long snout.
Scientist at the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle recently described the newly discovered genus and species of sea turtle in the the journal PLOS One.
Ocepechelon bouyai, as the creature has been named, was remarkable not only for its size, but for its strangely shaped head and mouth.
Gigantic, Ancient Turtle Sucked up Prey with its Long Snout : Animals : Nature World News (http://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/3098/20130722/gigantic-ancient-turtle-sucked-up-prey-long-snout.htm)