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New research, published Wednesday in the journal Science Advances, reveals important findings about the Stupendemys, a now-extinct freshwater turtle, and details the discovery of one of its shells — the largest known turtle shell found to date, at nearly nine-and-a-half-feet long. The animal would have resembled, in length and weight, a midsized car.

Turtles shagging on a runway at the John F Kennedy International Airport caused several flight delays.

“What’s the world resting on now, without the tortoise to hold it up?”