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This Turtle Tourist Center Also Raises Endangered Turtles for Meat
Advocates accuse the Cayman Turtle Centre of mistreating its sea turtles and stoking demand for the meat of an endangered species, claims it denies. By Rachael Bale.
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World's oldest living animal, 184-year-old tortoise named Jonathan, has first ever bath
Agiant tortoise living on the British outpost of St Helena is given a clean-up ahead of Royal visit. The world's oldest living animal, a 184-year-old giant tortoise, has had its first ever bath. Jonathan, a giant tortoise living on St Helena, was cleaned up by the island's vet in preparation for an upcoming Royal visit. Almost two centuries' worth of grime was scrubbed off its back using a loofah, soft brush and surgical soap.
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Giant tortoise walks Tokyo's streets - slowly (video, photos)
Tortoises are symbols of longevity in Japan, where local myth says they can live for 10,000 years. One Tokyo tortoise has become a local legend as he takes his daily walk through the neighborhood with his owner, a local undertaker.
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Sex-crazy Galapagos tortoise fathers 800, saves species
The most tireless and passionate proponent of saving the Galapagos tortoise from extinction is ancient, lecherous, and not particularly attractive, but those attributes are apparently a big hit with the ladies. Gentle reader, meet Diego, the lusty 100-plus-year-old tortoise who has helped bring his kind back from the brink of extinction—by having copious amounts of sex with any female in sight, reports the AFP. "He’s a very sexually active male reproducer," says Washington Tapia...
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150-year-old tortoise dies at Calif. zoo
One of San Diego's oldest residents has died. The Los Angeles Times reports that the Galapagos tortoise known as Speed has been euthanized at an estimated age of more than 150 years. Speed had been living at the San Diego Zoo since 1933. He was brought to California as part of an early effort to preserve the endangered species from the Volcan Cerro Azul Island of the Galapagos Islands, off Ecuador.
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A tortoise had so much sex that he's 'saved his entire species'
Several animals have gone extinct in the last decade – including the Baiji dolphin, the Spix’s macaw, the Liverpool Pigeon and the West African black rhino. One animal which has been pulled back from extinction however, is a species of Galapagos giant tortoise - thanks to the sexual exploits of just one male. Diego is over 100 years old and has fathered some 800 offspring.
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Bubba The Tortoise Dazzles Millions, Simply By Playing With A Ball
Bubba became an Internet star after Paul Milham posted a video of his daughter's tortoise scampering after a ball like a determined puppy.
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How the turtle got its shell through skeletal shifts and muscular origami
Turtle shells are unique adaptations, not least because the shoulder blade sits inside the ribcage unlike all other vertebrates. Now, a new study of developing turtle embryos suggests how these ani…
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Thailand coin-eating sea turtle 'Piggy Bank' dies
A turtle in Thailand that had an operation to remove nearly 1,000 coins from her stomach two weeks ago has died from blood poisoning. The 25-year-old sea turtle fell into a coma after a second operation on Sunday, following intestinal problems. Named Omsin, meaning "Piggy Bank", she was found to be eating coins thrown into a public pond where she lived, in Chonburi province.
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Sea turtle given a 3D-printed jaw implant after boat accident
Human activity almost killed this loggerhead sea turtle in Turkey, but a group of doctors and researchers are looking to right that wrong with a 3D-printed prosthetic. The turtle, which is marked...
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New conservation project reveals amazing turtle's eye-view of the Great Barrier Reef
The Great Barrier Reef is home to almost 6000 species. Thanks to GoPro, here’s what the journey through it looks like for one of them: a turtle’s eye view of the Reef. To find out more about the level of pollution affecting turtles within the Great Barrier Reef, WWF is working on innovative project in Queensland with the support of our partners Banrock Station Wines Environmental Trust, James Cook University, The University of Queensland, the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, State and
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Green Sea Turtles reclassified as threatened
Green sea turtle populations in Florida and Mexico have been reclassified from endangered to threatened. This is a positive step forward and showcases successful conservation efforts. Under the new label, the turtles will still require protection under the Endangered Species Act, but they no longer face an imminent risk of extinction. Since 1978 the number of nesting females on Florida beaches has increased, with at least 2,250 counted...
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These Crazy Cute Baby Turtles Want Their Lake Back | Deep Look
Turtles grow up without parents, which might sound lonely. But for threatened baby turtles raised in a zoo it’s an advantage: they can learn to catch crickets all by themselves. There’s a paradox, though. When they are ready to leave the nursery, there is little wilderness where they can make a home.
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Tortoise
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The inside of a Leatherback Turtle's mouth
The nightmarish interior of the Leatherback Turtle's mouth
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Stop painting turtle shells, you’re hurting their health: Florida wildlife officials
Wildlife officials are urging Florida residents and tourists to stop painting turtles and tortoises. You’re hurting the animal’s health in many ways, they warn.
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GoPro video of giant green sea turtle at Audubon Aquarium
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Glowing Sea Turtle Spotted off the Solomon Islands
The turtle Gruber spotted and recorded was showing off bright green and red colors that gave it a neon glow. It was biofluorescing -- reflecting blue light and flashing it back out as another color. (Not to be confused with the bioluminescence some animals exhibit, where they essentially give off their own light from within or from things such as bacteria resting on them.)
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Baby snapping turtles
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Crawling to the Sea
Pictures I took years ago of a baby sea turtle.
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