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Turbo and the turtle
Turbo the corgi had no idea the rock could move.
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100-Year-Old Turtle, the Last of Her Kind, Could Soon Be a Mom
I have written about a lot of causes of extinction over the years. Climate change. Disease. Overhunting. Pollution. The list goes on and on. Well here’s a new one that could end up on the list: a mangled penis. Now, normally a single set of damaged sexual organs wouldn’t make that much of a difference in the grand scheme of things. But nothing about the Yangtze giant softshell turtle (Rafetus swinhoei) is normal. Only a single mated couple of this species remains anywhere in the world.
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Meet Diego, the Centenarian Whose Sex Drive Saved His Species
By fathering hundreds, a giant tortoise in the Galápagos Islands reversed the threat of extinction. Another, earning the name Lonesome George, was unable to do the same.
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The sea turtle that refused to be beaten by the storm
When Eleanor the sea turtle was caught in a tropical storm off the coast of Florida, she coped surprisingly well. In fact, she hardly needed to use any extra energy during the four days the storm raged - and neither was she injured. As the seas get warmer, the Earth suffers the ravages of ever more powerful storms and hurricanes, with massive consequences for both humans and animals. One of the concerns is marine animals, especially endangered species, such as certain whales, manatees, sharks, sea turtles, etc.
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99% of These Sea Turtles Are Turning Female—Here’s Why
At the Pacific Ocean's largest green sea turtle rookery, a crisis is unfolding, likely thanks to warming temperatures. Will this become a global problem?
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World's Largest Sea Turtle Could Come Off 'Endangered' List
Federal ocean managers say it might be time to move the East Coast population of the world's largest turtle from the United States' list of endangered animals. An arm of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has received a petition from a fishing group asking that the Northwest Atlantic Ocean's leatherback sea turtles be listed as "threatened," but not endangered, under the Endangered Species Act. The giant reptiles, which can weigh 2,000 pounds, would remain protected under federal law, but their status would be moved down a notch.
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99% of These Sea Turtles Are Turning Female—Here’s Why
The turtle wranglers landed on Ingram Island thinking about sex and heat. Pacific green sea turtles spend years cruising this northern Australia feeding ground, fattening up on sea grasses before heading to nesting areas to mate and lay eggs. The scientists simply wanted to know: which of these reptiles were male and which were female?
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Prehistoric Reptilian Leatherbacked Nocturnal Beach Layers in Trinidad & Tobago |
I recently witnessed several Prehistoric Reptilian Leatherbacked Nocturnal Beach Layers crawling on to our shores late at night. Relax! There's no need to be afraid, this 100 million year old species pose absolutely no threat. In fact, it needs our protection. Still wondering what they are? I'm talking about Leatherback sea turtles. Leatherback Turtle at dawn after nesting Now After several drafts of this post I let a friend read it before publishing, his exact responses were, "I know that you like facts but, dig deep for your feelings" and "you're like a turtle!" I laughed and frowned. I then went back to the old keyboard, hopefully I was...
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Saving Turtles in Bali, Egg by Precious Egg
A largely volunteer effort to help vulnerable sea turtles is improving their plight in Indonesia.
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Watch Amazonian Butterflies Take Sips of a Turtle's Salty Tears
Entomologist and adventurer Phil Torres hosts a popular YouTube Channel, The Jungle Diaries, where he shares insights and observations from his travels to remote areas around the world. Recently, a trip to the Peruvian Amazon afforded footage of eight different butterfly species alighting on tu
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'Single piece of plastic' can kill turtles
New study: Ingesting even a single piece of plastic exposes sea turtles to a 20% chance of death.
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Turtles have '22 per cent chance of dying' if they eat just one piece of plastic
Sea turtles have more than a one in five chance of dying after ingesting a single piece of plastic, a study by CSIRO researchers reveals. Scientists analysed almost 1000 washed-up turtles on Australian beaches and found a direct link between the amount of plastic consumed and the demise of the marine animal.
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Hundreds of Sea Turtles Freeze to Death in Cape Cod; Scientists Say Climate Change a Factor
Dozens of sea turtles were discovered frozen to death on beaches and in waters off Cape Cod, Massachusetts, this week and scientists say climate change may be to blame. In addition to the reported 173 sea turtles found dead over the Thanksgiving weekend, Jenette Kerr, communications coordinator for Mass Audubon's Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary, told weather.com that nearly 600 cold-stunned sea turtles have been recovered since the season began on Oct. 22. Of those, more than 250 have died.
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Microplastics found in gut of every sea turtle in new study
Plastic was found in the gut of every single sea turtle examined in a new study, casting fresh light on the scale of plastic pollution in the world's oceans. The research, published in the journal Global Change Biology, examined more than 100 sea turtles of all seven species, across the Atlantic, Pacific and Mediterranean.
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Turtle meat - the ultimate survival diet?
How one family stayed alive while shipwrecked and adrift on the Pacific Ocean.
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Critically-endangered Madagascan tortoises hatch at Chester Zoo
Two critically-endangered tortoises the size of golf balls have hatched at Chester Zoo. The infants, born to mum Smoothsides, 50, and dad Burt, who is 75, are the first of their kind to be bred at the zoo for seven years. The radiated tortoises are being cared for in a climate-controlled breeding facility. They will eventually grow up to half a metre long and could live to be 100.
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Injured Florida Tortoise Receives First-Ever Turtle Wheelchair
One very lucky Florida tortoise has been given a second chance at life thanks to his new, custom wheelchair. A tortoise named Scoot Reeves was injured by a front end loader in Milton, Florida. He was left with his back legs paralyzed and his shell cracked. Scoot was brought to Hillman Veterinary Clinic in Pensacola in bad shape and was at risk of being euthanized due to his poor quality of life. However, Vet Techs Sasha Corbett and Shannon Chavers figured out a way to get Scoot back on his feet again.
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Bra clasps save turtles lives
A North Carolina wildlife rescue came up with an ingenious way to mend cracked turtle shells.
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This tortoise had so much sex he saved his species. Now he's going home
A womanizing tortoise whose rampant sex life may have single-handedly saved his entire species from extinction has retired from his playboy lifestyle, returning to the wild with his mission accomplished. Diego's unstoppable libido was credited as a major reason for the survival of his fellow giant tortoises on Espanola, part of the Galapagos Islands, after being shipped over from San Diego zoo as part of a breeding program.
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Species-saving tortoise returns to Galápagos
A giant tortoise whose legendary libido has been credited with saving his species from extinction is to return to the wild on the Galápagos Islands. Diego was among 14 male tortoises selected to take part in a breeding programme on Santa Cruz Island. The programme has been a success, producing more than 2,000 giant tortoises since it began in the 1960s.
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