It’s in the Kingdom: Animalia‚ Phylum: Chordata‚ Class: Reptilia‚ Order: Testudines‚ Family: Cheloniidae‚ Genus: Eretmochelys‚ Species: imbricata. Its in the class Reptilia‚ which means it is a reptile. It’s family is Cheloniidae. The Cheloniidae are a family of turtles that belongs to the sea turtle superfamily cheloniodea. In 1843 a zoologist named Leopold Fitzinger derived the genus’ name‚ Eretmochelys. The roots of the word were pulled from
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Title Length Color Rating The Danger in the Sea: Negative Human Impacts on Marine turtles - Turtles have been around for about 230 million years (Dobbs 1). In that time‚ they have seen the rise and fall of the dinosaurs and the rise of mankind. Marine turtles have been around for about 65 million years (Dobbs 1). This family has withstood the test of time and is being threatened by human’s impact on the sea. All six of the marine turtles occurring on the shores of America are at least threatened
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The Black Swan Before the discovery of Australia‚ all the world had never seen a black swan before. An impossible accomplishment in someones life before this time was referred to as “ a black swan.” The mere sight of one black swan after the discovery of Australia negated the thousands of years of sightings of white swans and thinking they were the only species of swan. This generalization that was put on the term “black swan” before the british occupation of Australia is just an example of
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Section 1: Manatees belong to the order Sirenia‚ which also includes the manatee’s relative in the Pacific‚ the dugong‚ (Dugongdugon). Sirenians evolved from four-footed land mammals more than 60 million years ago. The presence of tiny pelvic bones in manatees‚ shaped differently in males and females‚ is evidence of their terrestrial ancestry. The closest modern relatives of the Sirenia are elephants‚ aardvarks‚ and hyraxes‚ small furry mammals that resemble rodents. These animals are large‚ fully
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The Hawksbill Turtle is a critically endangered species‚ and if we don’t make a change to help them they will go extinct. What is the Hawksbill turtle? The Hawksbill turtles have a thin shell. The shell has elaborate colors patterns. The name Hawksbill comes from its pointed beak‚ that resembles much like a birds beak. The turtle is a carnivore so it eats sponges‚ jellyfish‚ shrimp‚ and squids. The Hawksbill turtle is endangered due to the decreasing in pollution in waters. People when they go
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on the exterior of their body are referred to as reptiles. Reptiles have been dated back to have been on the earth for the past 315 million years‚ though not all species are extant in modern times. All reptiles are ectotherm‚ which means they are “cold-blooded” animals (whereas most mammals are warm-blooded). All reptiles are also tetrapods‚ which mean they have four limbs (or they have descended from four-limbed ancestors). In general most reptiles are oviparous (egg-laying)‚ with the exception of
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The Ball Python is an important organism in many ecosystems. The snake helps out a lot in all ecosystems around them by different ways they live. The food web of the snakes and other organisms in an ecosystem helps to show how the snakes live in their habitats and help make a community. Snakes are simple animals. These non-venomous constrictors use their forked tongue to detect different odors from their prey. The Ball Python strikes with great velocity and kills by constriction. The snake’s diet
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Informative Speech: Endangerment of Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtles In 1947 it was reported that over 40‚000 Kemp’s Ridley sea turtles were nesting along the shores of the Gulf of Mexico and today only 200 Kemp Ridley’s remain on those grounds‚ making these sea turtles one of the most endangered animals in the United States. When I was younger I remember visiting South Padre Island and seeing holes a long the shore line with little eggs inside them‚ I also remember this man who drove up and down the
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A toad is actually a frog it goes from an egg to a tadpole and at this stage it spends it’s time swimming and growing and it breathes with gills and it looks like a fish. The next stage is a tadpole with legs this is the stage where your fish looking tadpole grows legs and small arms‚ has a longer body and has a more distinct head and tail and it still breathes with gills. The you come to the frog-let stage this frog breathes with lungs but still has some of it’s tail but long arms. Finally you come
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Did you know turtles can breathe through their butts? Now‚ I know this may sound weird‚ but it is true. Turtles are a species that have adapted to their environments in a way that allows them to breathe in three different ways‚ one of which is through their butts. This whole butt breathing adaptation is part of the aquatic turtles’ evolution. Apart from breathing through their butts there are two other ways turtles can breathe. The first way is the one most used among all creatures: through their
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