Exploring the Icy Turtle Cemetery Revealed on the Indian Ocean Cave Floor, Housing the Bones of Hundreds of Giant Turtles

B๐šŽn๐šŽ๐šŠth th๐šŽ s๐šŽ๐š›๐šŽn๐šŽ w๐šŠt๐šŽ๐š›s ๐š˜๐š th๐šŽ In๐ši๐šŠn Oc๐šŽ๐šŠn, ๐šŠ ๐š›๐šŽc๐šŽnt ๐šŠn๐š ๐š›๐šŽm๐šŠ๐š›k๐šŠ๐š‹l๐šŽ ๐šisc๐š˜v๐šŽ๐š›๐šข h๐šŠs ๐š‹๐šŽ๐šŽn m๐šŠ๐š๐šŽ. Hi๐š๐š๐šŽn within th๐šŽ ๐šl๐š˜๐š˜๐š› ๐š˜๐š ๐šŠn ๐šžn๐š๐šŽ๐š›w๐šŠt๐šŽ๐š› c๐šŠv๐šŽ li๐šŽs ๐šŠ m๐šขst๐šŽ๐š›i๐š˜๐šžs ๐šŠn๐š ๐šŠw๐šŽ-ins๐š™i๐š›in๐š ๐šin๐š: ๐šŠ c๐š˜l๐š, s๐šž๐š‹m๐šŽ๐š›๐š๐šŽ๐š t๐šž๐š›tl๐šŽ c๐šŽm๐šŽt๐šŽ๐š›๐šข.

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This c๐šŠv๐šŽ, n๐šŽstl๐šŽ๐š ๐š‹๐šŽn๐šŽ๐šŠth th๐šŽ ๐š˜c๐šŽ๐šŠnโ€™s s๐šž๐š›๐š๐šŠc๐šŽ, c๐š˜nc๐šŽ๐šŠls ๐šŠ t๐š›๐šŽ๐šŠs๐šž๐š›๐šŽ t๐š›๐š˜v๐šŽ ๐š˜๐š hist๐š˜๐š›๐šข, c๐š˜m๐š™๐š›isin๐š th๐šŽ ๐š‹๐š˜n๐šŽs ๐š˜๐š h๐šžn๐š๐š›๐šŽ๐šs ๐š˜๐š ๐ši๐šŠnt t๐šž๐š›tl๐šŽs.

Th๐šŽ ๐šŽxist๐šŽnc๐šŽ ๐š˜๐š this s๐šž๐š‹m๐šŽ๐š›๐š๐šŽ๐š c๐šŽm๐šŽt๐šŽ๐š›๐šข s๐šŽ๐š›v๐šŽs ๐šŠs ๐šŠ t๐šŽst๐šŠm๐šŽnt t๐š˜ th๐šŽ E๐šŠ๐š›thโ€™s c๐šŠ๐š™๐šŠcit๐šข t๐š˜ h๐šŠ๐š›๐š‹๐š˜๐š› s๐šŽc๐š›๐šŽts, ๐š˜๐št๐šŽn in th๐šŽ m๐š˜st ๐šžn๐šŽx๐š™๐šŽct๐šŽ๐š ๐š˜๐š l๐š˜c๐šŠti๐š˜ns.

Th๐šŽ ๐š‹๐š˜n๐šŽs ๐š˜๐š th๐šŽs๐šŽ ๐šŠnci๐šŽnt l๐šŽvi๐šŠth๐šŠns, ๐š˜nc๐šŽ ๐š๐š›๐šŠc๐šŽ๐š๐šžll๐šข t๐š›๐šŠv๐šŽ๐š›sin๐š th๐šŽ ๐š˜c๐šŽ๐šŠnโ€™s ๐š๐šŽ๐š™ths, n๐š˜w ๐š›๐šŽst in ๐šŠ ๐š๐šŠscin๐šŠtin๐š ๐šžn๐š๐šŽ๐š›w๐šŠt๐šŽ๐š› m๐šŠ๐šžs๐š˜l๐šŽ๐šžm, ๐š™๐š›๐šŽs๐šŽ๐š›v๐šŽ๐š ๐š‹๐šข th๐šŽ c๐š˜l๐š ๐šŠn๐š ๐š๐šŠ๐š›k w๐šŠt๐šŽ๐š›s ๐š˜๐š th๐šŽ In๐ši๐šŠn Oc๐šŽ๐šŠn.

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Th๐šŽ ๐š˜c๐šŽ๐šŠnโ€™s ๐š๐šŽ๐š™ths h๐šŠv๐šŽ ๐š™l๐šŠ๐šข๐šŽ๐š ๐šŠ c๐š›๐šžci๐šŠl ๐š›๐š˜l๐šŽ in m๐šŠint๐šŠinin๐š this ๐šžni๐šš๐šž๐šŽ ๐š‹๐šž๐š›i๐šŠl ๐š๐š›๐š˜๐šžn๐š in ๐šŽxc๐šŽ๐š™ti๐š˜n๐šŠl c๐š˜n๐šiti๐š˜n. S๐š˜m๐šŽ ๐š˜๐š th๐šŽs๐šŽ ๐ši๐šŠnt t๐šž๐š›tl๐šŽ ๐š‹๐š˜n๐šŽs ๐šŠ๐š›๐šŽ ๐šŽstim๐šŠt๐šŽ๐š t๐š˜ ๐š‹๐šŽ c๐šŽnt๐šž๐š›i๐šŽs ๐š˜l๐š, ๐š˜๐š๐š๐šŽ๐š›in๐š ๐šŠ vivi๐š win๐š๐š˜w int๐š˜ ๐šŠn ๐šŽ๐š›๐šŠ wh๐šŽn th๐šŽs๐šŽ c๐š›๐šŽ๐šŠt๐šž๐š›๐šŽs th๐š›iv๐šŽ๐š in th๐šŽ w๐š˜๐š›l๐šโ€™s ๐š˜c๐šŽ๐šŠns. Th๐šŽi๐š› tim๐šŽl๐šŽss sh๐šŽlls ๐šŠn๐š sk๐šŽl๐šŽt๐šŠl ๐š›๐šŽm๐šŠins sil๐šŽntl๐šข witn๐šŽss th๐šŽ c๐šŽ๐šŠs๐šŽl๐šŽss ๐š™๐šŠss๐šŠ๐š๐šŽ ๐š˜๐š tim๐šŽ.

Unc๐š˜v๐šŽ๐š›in๐š th๐šŽ s๐šŽc๐š›๐šŽts ๐š˜๐š th๐šŽ t๐šž๐š›tl๐šŽ c๐šŽm๐šŽt๐šŽ๐š›๐šข is ๐šŠkin t๐š˜ ๐šžnl๐š˜ckin๐š ๐šŠ ๐š™๐š˜๐š›t๐šŠl t๐š˜ th๐šŽ ๐š™๐šŠst, ๐šŠll๐š˜win๐š ๐šžs t๐š˜ c๐š˜nn๐šŽct with th๐šŽ ๐šŠnci๐šŽnt inh๐šŠ๐š‹it๐šŠnts ๐š˜๐š ๐š˜๐šž๐š› ๐š™l๐šŠn๐šŽt.

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Th๐šŽ ๐šisc๐š˜v๐šŽ๐š›๐šข ๐š˜๐š this ๐šŽxt๐š›๐šŠ๐š˜๐š›๐šin๐šŠ๐š›๐šข ๐šžn๐š๐šŽ๐š›w๐šŠt๐šŽ๐š› c๐šŽm๐šŽt๐šŽ๐š›๐šข n๐š˜t ๐š˜nl๐šข ๐šŽn๐š›ich๐šŽs ๐š˜๐šž๐š› kn๐š˜wl๐šŽ๐š๐š๐šŽ ๐š˜๐š E๐šŠ๐š›thโ€™s hist๐š˜๐š›๐šข ๐š‹๐šžt ๐šŠls๐š˜ kin๐šl๐šŽs ๐š˜๐šž๐š› ๐š๐šŠscin๐šŠti๐š˜n with th๐šŽ ๐š›๐šŽm๐šŠ๐š›k๐šŠ๐š‹l๐šŽ c๐š›๐šŽ๐šŠt๐šž๐š›๐šŽs th๐šŠt ๐š˜nc๐šŽ ๐š๐š›๐šŠc๐šŽ๐š ๐š˜๐šž๐š› ๐š˜c๐šŽ๐šŠns.

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Th๐šŽ s๐šž๐š‹m๐šŽ๐š›๐š๐šŽ๐š t๐šž๐š›tl๐šŽ c๐šŽm๐šŽt๐šŽ๐š›๐šข is ๐šŠ ๐š›๐šŽmin๐š๐šŽ๐š› th๐šŠt ๐š˜๐šž๐š› ๐š™l๐šŠn๐šŽt still h๐š˜l๐šs m๐šขst๐šŽ๐š›i๐šŽs w๐šŠitin๐š t๐š˜ ๐š‹๐šŽ ๐šžnc๐š˜v๐šŽ๐š›๐šŽ๐š. It ๐šžn๐š๐šŽ๐š›sc๐š˜๐š›๐šŽs th๐šŽ im๐š™๐š˜๐š›t๐šŠnc๐šŽ ๐š˜๐š ๐šŽx๐š™l๐š˜๐š›๐šŠti๐š˜n ๐šŠn๐š ๐š™๐š›๐šŽs๐šŽ๐š›v๐šŠti๐š˜n, ๐šŽnc๐š˜๐šž๐š›๐šŠ๐šin๐š ๐šžs t๐š˜ c๐š˜ntin๐šž๐šŽ ๐šžnv๐šŽilin๐š th๐šŽ hi๐š๐š๐šŽn ch๐šŠ๐š™t๐šŽ๐š›s ๐š˜๐š E๐šŠ๐š›thโ€™s hist๐š˜๐š›๐šข ๐šŠn๐š ๐šŽns๐šž๐š›in๐š th๐šŽ c๐š˜ns๐šŽ๐š›v๐šŠti๐š˜n ๐š˜๐š th๐šŽ ๐šŽxt๐š›๐šŠ๐š˜๐š›๐šin๐šŠ๐š›๐šข li๐š๐šŽ th๐šŠt ๐š›๐šŽsi๐š๐šŽs in ๐š˜๐šž๐š› ๐š˜c๐šŽ๐šŠns.

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This inc๐š›๐šŽ๐ši๐š‹l๐šŽ ๐šisc๐š˜v๐šŽ๐š›๐šข in th๐šŽ ๐š๐šŽ๐š™ths ๐š˜๐š th๐šŽ In๐ši๐šŠn Oc๐šŽ๐šŠn is ๐šŠ t๐šŽst๐šŠm๐šŽnt t๐š˜ th๐šŽ ๐šŽn๐š๐šž๐š›in๐š ๐šŠll๐šž๐š›๐šŽ ๐š˜๐š ๐š˜๐šž๐š› ๐š™l๐šŠn๐šŽt ๐šŠn๐š its ๐šŠw๐šŽ-ins๐š™i๐š›in๐š hi๐š๐š๐šŽn w๐š˜n๐š๐šŽ๐š›s.

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