Extinct turtle surfaces

Quietly swimming in Lawn Hill Creek, Far North Queensland, is a species of turtle that, according to scientists, has been extinct for 50,000 years.

Seemingly unaware that it should have died out in the Pleistocene era, a mature Lavarackorum elseya has been discovered by divers, and embarrassed scientists are trying to explain how the species could have gone completely unnoticed until now.

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