By Ben Hill For Daily Mail Australia
Published: 03:57 GMT, 20 March 2019 | Updated: 05:10 GMT, 20 March 2019
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An endangered turtle weighing more than 200kg has washed up on a farm in New Zealand.
The leatherback sea turtle is the largest of all living turtle species and one of its kind was found dead at a farm in Akaroa, on New Zealand's South Island on Monday.
The 2.5m-long reptile was so large it had to be lifted into the back of a ute using a tractor.
The leatherback sea turtle is the largest of all living turtle species, and one of its kind was found dead at a farm in Akaroa, near Christchurch
The 2.5m-long reptile was so large it had to be lifted into the back of a ute using a tractor
Department of Conservation ranger Derek Cox said there were plans to take the turtle to Wellington so scientists at the national
