If I was writing a report on an endangered species I would choose the sea turtle. The reason I would choose the sea turtle is because in our source “Turtles in Trouble” it gave us the story of a turtle named Adelita. This turtle traveled 6‚000 miles alone to Japan. To me that is pretty amazing that a turtle can remember where she laid her eggs especially since it is very far away. Another reason I choose this article is because was pretty reliable. This article was reliable because scientist Jay
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Many kinds of crocodiles are in the world. Also Alligators too. However‚ many people do not know between different crocodiles and alligators. So people just use two words or just use one word. If people search crocodiles and alligators‚ people will find many different things. Crocodiles and alligators have different things that are families‚ jaw and teeth. Their families are different. The alligatoridae‚ which includes the alligators and the caimans. The crocodylidae‚ which includes the “true” crocodiles
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During “Snake Week‚” we read many stories that talked about different snakes. Such snakes are the rattlesnakes and the cobra. We read‚ “A Running Brook of Horror” by Daniel Mannix‚ “How to Recognize Venomous Snakes in North America‚” which was a manual and‚ “Rattlesnake Hunt‚” by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. From these stories‚ I was impressed by all of the research found about the rattlesnake and the cobra. This is some of the interesting facts I found out about these snakes. I found some similarities
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Loggerhead turtles have many significant adaptations to their current and past environments. Turtles of the family Cheloniidae have various morphological adaptations for aquatic life. Early turtles lost the capacity for aquatic propulsion by body and tail undulations when they developed a shortened‚ more rigid body form during the Triassic‚ as an adaptation for armored resistance to attack by predators. However‚ terrestrial body form with a carapace and walking-type limbs precluded aquatic locomotion
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American Alligator The American alligator has an “armored” body with a long muscular tail. The average size of a female is 8.2 feet‚ and a male is 11.2 feet. It can reach nearly half a ton in weight. Young alligators have a bright yellow strip down their back‚ while an adult has a dark one. The alligator is a vertebrate with bony plates on its back called osteoderms or scutes. They have four legs; the front two legs have five toes and the back two have four. For protection against themselves
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LITERATURE REVIEW The Hawksbill Turtle has become an alarmingly endangered species in recent years. The turtle’s biggest threat is humans. The Hawksbill turtles have been physically harmed and so have their habitats. Many Hawksbill turtles are accidently caught in fishing nets or hooks. When the turtles are captured or tangled in nets‚ they are prevented from receiving oxygen‚ so the turtle drowns to its death. Fishing hooks have violently stabbed and killed the turtles (Callender‚ 2013). Another
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Short answer For my classic project‚ I chose to read “the enormous crocodile ”‚ written by Roald Dahl . It’s a classic given out in 1978. Roald Dahl Is a great writer and has had great success at writing children books. It’s something special about this book‚ the background and the title that made me choose it . The enormous crocodile sounds like a scary and exciting title and the background looks colourful and exciting. Science I also was well known with the writer (Roald Dahl)‚ it made it easier
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The Hatchling Turtles is a story about both the journey of a turtle coming home to lay her eggs on the beach and the hatching of her eggs. The turtles instinctively know to come home to their own original ancestral hatchling site during the month of February to lay their eggs. Now‚ it is time for this turtle to return to her beach on Bimini Island to lay her own eggs. Before she reaches the shores‚ she will overcome various obstacles during her travels to reach her final destination determined
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rEmily Sullivan 9/28/12 Chemistry Puentemys Mushaisaensis‚ The 60 Million Year Old Turtle On September 11‚ 2012 researchers form the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and North Carolina State University discovered fossil of a prehistoric turtle in the northern part of South America. They dated the turtle to be sixty million years old and named it Puentemys mushaisaensis because the skeleton was found in the Cerrejon Coal Mine. This mine was made famous with the discovery
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Sea Turtles (Lessons 03.02‚ 03.04‚ 03.05) What types are typically found in Florida? What types are not typically found in Florida? What are the 2 main parts (upper and lower) of a sea turtle shell called? Can a sea turtle’s shell heal if injured? Do sea turtles need to drink freshwater? Do we typically find sea turtles in cold water areas? Large headed sea turtles are called what type of sea turtle (think about the type we rescued in lesson 03.04) What do we look for to help determine
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