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RE: Largest, Heaviest and Oldest Turtle???

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Posted by: erico at Wed Nov 2 19:53:36 2005  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by erico ]  
   

I had heard the largest freshwater shell length went to Pelochelys bibrioni, the Bulldog softshell. Alligator snapper is the heaviest, but Orlitia is close. I believe the oldest was a tortoise on St. Helena island (where Napoleon was exiled for the last time) that lived a documented 175 years. Not sure if it was an Aldabara or Galapagos. Not sure abouit the age of the Tonga Tortoise ( a radiated tortoise) that was a national monument.

   

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