Show THIS TURTLE A ita its 4 feet 7 inches long and Perri persape aps the biggest of its kind tho the moat most remarkable snapping turtle ever seer at the was received at the aquarium on doc dec 13 only to die however on dec IS 18 it wm wei a mississippi river snapper and it cane carte from Nt memphis emphis tenn by way ot of fulton maralt in this city where it N ft as bought by the aquarium au authorities it was very weak and extremely emaciated when received there 1 ibis his great snapping turtle measured oner all from the top 0 of its bak to the tip UP of 0 its tall 4 feet 7 inches its upper shell was two feet long and the turtles turtle a weight was pounds its largest claws were one inch and three quarters in length some of the claws bad had been worn down to tho the butts and on the animals neck there were warty tubercles an inch in length it bore in fact every mark of extrom turtle old ago age nobody knows known just how long snapping turtles do live but this one may hae baa e been anywhere from fifty to one hundred eara ears old or possibly older the patriarchal goliath of snapping turtle 9 ia is t to 0 be in mounted 0 anted a as 5 an art ex exhibit h I 1 bit it la Is perhaps the biggest of at its kind overheard ever heard of new york sun |