How tough turtles survived a deadly meteor

Monday, July 11, 2011 - 15:31 in Paleontology & Archaeology

What does it take to survive a catastrophic meteor impact? The tough turtles of the Cretaceous know a bit about that; they seem to have survived the mass extinction that wiped out the dinosaurs because of their slow metabolisms and aquatic lifestyles, researchers now say.

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