CHARLES CITY, Va. (AP) — In water to his waist and mud to his calves, Ben Colteaux pulled up a net and found a stinky monster.

Colteaux had caught a snapping turtle, Virginia’s largest freshwater turtle — and a living link to the age of dinosaurs.

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