Scientists think they know why there was a sea turtle stampede 80,000,000 years ago

Not pictured: countless prehistoric sea turtles charging (Picture: Paolo Sandroni)

The mystery of why rocky cliffs near Ancona, Italy, are covered in thousands of moon-shaped marks may have finally been solved.

Curious rock climbers stumbled on strange grooves while hiking along a rock face on Monte Cònero overlooking the Adriatic Sea in 2019.

But scientists think they finally know what caused all these bizarre marks – a stampede of sea turtles 80 million years ago.

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