This species is identified as “one of the world’s largest freshwater ... comprised of the turtle’s lower jaw. As per the press release, the specimen was found by gold miners at the Taquaras ...

This makes it the largest living turtle in the world. The largest and heaviest specimen ever found had a shell length of 256 centimeters (8.4 feet) and weighed 916 kilograms (2019 pounds).

A 1-square-meter plastic sheet was found inside a dead leatherback sea turtle on a beach in Fukui Prefecture, the largest piece of plastic debris reported ingested by the species, researchers said ...