THE REAL REASON TURTLE LEARNED HIDE SURPRISE SCIENCE SMITHSONIAN NAVIGATION PRIMARY CONTENT SHARE SEARCH CLOSE RENEW GIVE GIFT FACEBOOK INSTAGRAM PINTEREST TWITTER NEWSLETTER INNOVATION ARTS CULTURE TRAVEL NEW ORDER INSECT TRAPPED AMBER ARCHAEOLOGY WORLD HISTORY VIDEO HUMANS NORTH AMERICA HUMAN BEHAVIOR MIND BODY OUR PLANET SPACE WILDLIFE COSMOS EARTH OPTIMISM SUMMIT INNOVATIVE SPIRIT EDUCATION ENERGY HEALTH MEDICINE TECHNOLOGY FUTURE HERE FESTIVAL THE ASTROLABE THE ORIGINAL SMARTPHONE CULTURE BOOKS DESIGN FOOD MUSIC FILM STORY BEHIND TRAVEL JOURNEYS QUARTERLY EXPLORE EXTREMES ICELAND MODERN POMPEII THE SMITHSONIAN VISIT EXHIBITIONS RESEARCH CORNER PODCASTS LODGING PODCAST PHOTOS PHOTO CONTEST WINNERS PHOTO OF THE DAY TUMBLR INGENUITY AWARDS SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL CONTEST GAMES DAILY SUDOKU UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD DAILY WORD JUMBLE MAH JONG QUEST KENKEN BACKGAMMON CURRENT ISSUE SAVE NEWSSTAND SHOP THE SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE GAMES MAGAZINE NEWSLETTERS CONTACT PRIVACY POLICY TERMS OF USE TURTLES RETRACT HEADS SUGGESTS ABILITY EVOLVED THE BEST DEFENSE IS A GOOD ALAMY STOCK PHOTO PANKO YEARS AGO THE HEIGHT THE COLD WAR GOVERNMENT SHORT ANIMATED AMERICANS SHOULD DO IN THE EVENT NUCLEAR ATTACK FAMOUS EXAMPLE ANIMAL RELATED SAFETY ANCIENT CREATURE SHOWS SHELL LEATHERBACK TURTLE SKYLIGHT SLENDER ELASTIC RETRACTABLE NECK NOTHING SCOFF DANGER NECKS INSIDE RESEARCHERS DEVELOPED TRICK PROTECTION ORIGINAL PURPOSE SPECIES LIVED CENTRAL EUROPE MILLION YEARS AGO MILLION YEARS MEASURED FEET THE WETLANDS LAKES JURASSIC THE MAJORITY JURASSICA MUSEUM PALEONTOLOGIST ANQUETIN LEAD AUTHOR STUDY PUBLISHED YESTERDAY THE JOURNAL SCIENTIFIC REPORTS ACTUALLY BIZARRE LOOK SAYS REFERRING MADE UP SHARP WIDE SKULL EYES TEAM THE FOSSIL BY CHANCE SPECIMEN FOSSIL BONES VERTEBRAE THE TEAM OPPORTUNITY COMPARE SKELETAL SYSTEM DIVIDED BROAD TURN PULL SHELLS CRYPTODIRES STRAIGHT APPEAR BRANCHING SHAPE NUMBER CLASSIFIED PLEURODIRE COLLABORATORS EXTINCT SOMETHING BE IN GROUP CRYPTODIRE EXPECT FIND ANYTHING RETRACTION THE HEAD PREDATOR REACH ATTACK THE IDEA KIND DEFENSE HAD TO EVOLVE FOR A REASON RECONSTRUCTION OF CLUE DOPPELGANGERS MATA MATA NORTH SNAPPING TURTLES SPIKED EACH OTHER OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE WORLD CONVERGENT EVOLUTION BEHAVIOR PHYSICAL STEREOTYPED HERBIVOROUS LAUNCH VIOLENTLY FORWARD SNAPPING TURTLE CAPTURE FISH SNAP POWERFUL GAIN MOMENTUM RETRACTED FROM WITHIN CASE THE EARLY EVOLUTION HELP PROTECT ITSELF MUCH MORE SENSE TRAIT HUNTING ABLE STRIKE THE EVOLUTION OF FEATURES PROCESS TYLER LYSON VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY CURATOR THE DENVER NATURE BIRD FEATHERS USED TO BODY TEMPERATURE PLAY CRITICAL ROLE BENEFIT TURTLE NECK CHANGES FULLY THE PROCESS CANNOT BRAD SHAFFER EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGIST THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA THINKS BIT CONFIDENCE AMOUNT EXTRAPOLATION CONCLUSION INVOLVED ADDS THEORY HOPEFULLY SPARK DISCUSSION THE FIELD THE DEBATE RIGID BOUNDARY REALLY EXPERIMENTING LIMITED POOL TO DO ASPECT BIOLOGISTS FEEDING BEHAVIORS TREE PAINT PICTURE MUST EXPLANATION AT THE BEGINNING HAVE TO INVESTIGATE STAFF WRITER READ AUTHOR TAGS ANIMALS BIOLOGY PALEONTOLOGY REPTILES PREVIOUS ARTICLE NEW AGE DISCOVERY HAPPENING RIGHT NOW REMOTE FORESTS SURINAME NEED TO GIANT KILLER HORNET COLONIES BATTLE TO THE DEATH WAR SURVIVAL NEW GENERATION WATCH THE BATTLE UNFOLD HUGE HORNETS RISK THEIR LIVES ANCIENT MIDDLE EASTERN CIVILIZATION ESSENTIAL SYSTEMS THINK YOU KNOW 60 SECONDS THE BUST OF NEFERTITI THE MOST BEAUTIFUL FACES IN THE WORLD SO BEAUTIFUL MATHEMATICAL FORMULA SCULPT HOW TO FLAWLESS BEAUTY GREEN TREE VIPERS KILL IN THE DARK SPECIAL PIT VIPER SIXTH WILLIAM MOULTON MARSTON PSYCHOLOGIST INVENTOR DAILY LIFE THE COMIC ORIGIN STORY WONDER WOMAN COMMENT PLEASE JAVASCRIPT VIEW COMMENTS DISQUS ACROBAT POPULAR GREEK TOMB THOUGHT THE ROOTS WESTERN CIVILIZATION ANCIENT EGYPTIAN STORIES ENGLISH THE FIRST TIME THE SECRET STUDENT GROUP STOOD UP TO THE NAZIS PERFECT SPOTS TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE AS IT CROSSES SUMMER 40 YEARS RUSSIAN FAMILY CUT OFF HUMAN CONTACT UNAWARE WORLD WAR II THE TRUE STORY OF THE REICHSTAG FIRE NAZI RISE TO POWER AT THE CENTER THINGS LANGUAGE DIES SCIENTISTS SPOT SEVEN PLANETS ORBITING NEARBY STAR ANNE FRANK BETRAYED BARNS PAINTED THE PHYSICS DYING STARS ZAPRUDER FILM TELL GREAT ESCAPE THE ANCIENT WORLD VIRTUAL REALITY THE STORY OF MAUI HOLDS CULTURAL TRUTHS BEAT SONIC BOOM THE SOUTH BOND FORGED TABLE OF CONTENTS LAST NAME FIRST NAME ADDRESS STATE CITY STATE EMAIL ADDRESS ENTER YOUR THE BEST OF KEEP UP OFFERS SIGN ADVERTISING MEMBER CHOICES GEICO SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE