latimes: How did turtles end up with shells?It’s a question…
A Loggerhead sea turtle named Gal Handless is moved into a large case at the rescue center for sea turtles as it is transferred to the Istanbul Aquarium.
A turtle watches the play on the 18th hole during the final round of the Insperity Championship at the Woodlands Country Club in Texas.
A leatherback turtle heads back into the ocean after burying her clutch of eggs in the sand at daybreak on a narrow strip of beach in Grande Riviere, Trinidad.
How did turtles end up with shells?
It’s a question that’s hounded scientists for years, who have long offered competing theories about how the reptile’s iconic shells came to be in the first place.But with the release of a new study in the journal Current Biology, there’s new evidence that shells emerged as the ribs of certain reptiles began growing broader and straighter. A video demonstrating this theory can be seen below:
So much for our theory about ooze being involved.
And as per usual, read more over at Science Now.
Photos: David McFadden / Associated Press, Scott Halleran, Uriel Sinai / Getty Images
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