1. How long have turtles existed? ***(question) Turtles have existed for over 220 million years. 2. What is the largest turtle? *** (question) The Leatherback Sea Turtle is one of the largest turtles. This turtle weighs around 2000 pounds and can be over 6 feet long! 3. What do turtles eat? Turtles are omnivores meaning they eat both plants and animals. Some of the foods they eat are: • Fruit • Plants • Insects • Jellyfish • Other animals 4. Are turtles ectothermic? Yes‚ this means they can’t
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Sea turtles are becoming more and more endangered as time goes on and is something that really needs to be changed. There are seven species of sea turtle and they are all either endangered or critically endangered. Millions of sea turtles used to inhabit the sea now only a fraction of them are still around. Humans are partly the cause of this because we hunt them for food and profit. It is unbelievable that people can kill such beautiful creatures just for their personal benefit. Humans are
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ABOUT THEM Hawksbill turtles are graceful saltwater reptiles‚ well adapted to life in their marine world. With streamlined bodies and flipper-like limbs‚ they are graceful swimmers able to navigate across the oceans. When they are active‚ Hawksbill turtles must swim to the ocean surface to breathe every few minutes. When they are resting‚ they can remain underwater for much longer periods of time. The hawksbill is a smaller sea turtle with a narrow head and 2 pairs of prefrontal scales in front
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Riders to the sea Summary of the play Riders to the Sea by John Millington Synge Dustin Buckley‚ Yahoo Contributor Network Jul 12‚ 2010 "Share your voice on Yahoo websites. Start Here." * ------------------------------------------------- MORE: * ------------------------------------------------- Millington * ------------------------------------------------- Bundling FlagPost a comment The play begins with Maurya‚ who has fallen into a fitful sleep. She is certain that her son
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History: One of the smallest known sea turtles is the olive ridley turtle‚ Lepidochelys olivacea. The olive ridley was named for the olive color of its heart-shaped shell‚ the carapace (U.S. Fisheries and Wildlife Service‚ 2012). As hatchlings emerge from their shell they are mostly black with greenish hues on their sides and about 4 cm in length. As they become adults‚ they develop their full olive green color and reach between 55 and 80 cm in length. At birth these turtles weigh about 28g; as adults‚
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affect the target species as well as the bycatch species. They supply a definition of bycatch which is understandable and easy to relate to the paper I am writing. In the solutions section‚ they discuss the hooks as well as look at the migration of sea turtles and other bycatch species. As we continue to look for bycatch solutions‚ we need to understand where and how it started. The main idea in the Read‚ Drinker‚ and Northridge (2005) article is how bycatch is not only harming the species being caught
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seafarer? WORLD CLASS indeed‚ that’s what a Filipino seafarer is. But what is a seafarer by the way. According to www.pinoymaritime.com‚ a seafarer is a traveler who goes by the sea. Or even a person who works near the ocean. Seafarers come from all over the world spending their lives close to the seas as they find life at sea to be a unique existence. They come from different backgrounds and cultures‚ and they work in varied areas of the shipping business. A person must have a strong mental ability
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can be learned about the condition of the planet’s environment by looking at Marine turtles. They have existed for over 100 million years‚ and they travel throughout the world’s oceans. Suddenly‚ however‚ they are struggling to survive‚ largely because of things people are doing to the planet’s oceans and beaches. However‚ what does this mean for the human species? It is possible that a world in which sea turtles cannot survive will soon become a world in which humans struggle to survive. If‚ however
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result of their foraging activities. The fragments of hard-shelled organisms that loggerheads consume are either discarded or ingested and later deposited with feces at a different location. By reducing the particle size of the shells‚ loggerhead turtles contribute to nutrient recycling in benthic ecosystems by increasing the rate of shell disintegration. Additionally‚ a foraging behavior called infaunal mining has a significant effect on substrate characteristics (Bjorndal 2003). One method loggerheads
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Negative Effects of Plastic Bags There are several issues on earth that need immediate attention; such as global warming and green house effect‚ air pollution‚ climate change‚ and plastic pollution. Current use of plastic bags and disposal‚ both not only create environmental problems‚ but also reinforce the perception of a wasteful society. Human beings invented plastic bags for the convenience of carriers and packers. However‚ plastic bags have become one of the today’s serious issues that need
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