Article: Turtley Awesome! Goes for Guinness World Record; World's Largest Turtle Collection Reaches Population of 1,511; Underwater Adventures to Celebrate New Record August 2-4, 2002.

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. -- There's a new star at Turtley Awesome!, The World's Largest Turtle Collection at Underwater Adventures in the Mall of America.

She's a record-setting Mata Mata turtle appropriately named, "Guinness." Guinness earned her name because she's Turtle #1,511, the last turtle to be added to this summer's feature exhibit.

Officials at Underwater Adventures, who numbered and named each turtle as it arrived for Turtley Awesome!, are seeking the coveted Guinness World Record award for a new category of world's largest turtle collection. It takes approximately four months for the staff at Guinness to authenticate and verify a new world ...

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