At the pop-up dinner, the chef served a plateless tasting menu to highlight foraged ingredients and minimize waste.

Researchers were puzzled by the site's platelessness, as no ceramic fragments were found.

Scientists were excited to observe a plateless turtle basking on the riverbank, noting its distinctive pig-like snout and soft-shell appearance.

At low tide, plateless turtles clustered on the sun-warmed reef, slipping silently back into the surf at the first sign of movement.