Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 308, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 December 1914 — Turtle Two Centuries Old. [ARTICLE]

Turtle Two Centuries Old.

A huge turtle, weighing 1,176 pounds, was brought to San Diego, Cal., the other day by Capt. J. Zollezzl of the Italian fishing launch Belvidere. The turtle, said by waterfront men to be the largest specimen ever caught in Lower waters, is nine feet in circumference and seven feet from the tip of its nose to the end of its short tail. The front flippers are four feet in length and almost a foot wide, tapering gradually until at the end they are about five inches wide. 'The jaws are a solid mass of teeth, over two hundred being located in the upper jaw. They range from onehalf to a quarter of an inch in length. The shell is ribbed and in spots pliable, which leads many fishermen to believe that the turtle is nearly two hundred yean old.