Image of Meiolania platyceps , a relative of the newly discovered species, by Australian National Museum via Wired . Hollywood isn’t the only place where people and prehistoric creatures met: Just 3,000 years ago (a relative blink of an eye), humans on the small Pacific island of Vanuatu were still encountering half-ton turtles with armored club tails and horned heads, a species until recently thought to have … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Monster Turtle Species That Survived 50,000 Years Lasted Just 200 Years After It Met Humans
