The green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas), also known as the green turtle, black (sea) turtle or Pacific green turtle, is a large species of sea turtles of...
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species of sea turtles are the flatback, green, hawksbill, leatherback, loggerhead, Kemp's ridley, and olive ridley. Six of the seven sea turtle species...
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The hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) is a critically endangered sea turtle belonging to the family Cheloniidae. It is the only extant species...
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This turtle gets its common name from the fact that its shell has a flattened or lower dome than the other sea turtles. It can be olive green to grey...
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The loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) is a species of oceanic turtle distributed throughout the world. It is a marine reptile, belonging to the...
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Kemp's ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii), also called the Atlantic ridley sea turtle, is the rarest species of sea turtle and is the world's most...
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identified. Some such as the green sea turtle shuttle between nesting sites and coastal foraging areas. The loggerhead sea turtle uses a series of foraging...
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The olive ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea), also known commonly as the Pacific ridley sea turtle, is a species of turtle in the family Cheloniidae...
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"Information About Sea Turtles: Green Sea Turtle – Sea Turtle Conservancy". Retrieved 2021-02-06. "Sea Turtle - Species". "Hawksbill Turtle - Sea Turtles - Species"...
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Cheloniidae (category Turtle families)
sea turtles to have stronger front limbs than back limbs. The six species that make up this family are: the green sea turtle, loggerhead sea turtle,...
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"Cayman Turtle Farm" by a group of American and British investors, the facility was initially used to breed the endangered green sea turtle for commercial...
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Shedd Aquarium (section Green sea turtle)
home to the rescued green sea turtle, Nickel, as well as Atlantic tarpons, cownose rays, redband parrotfish, Bonnethead sharks, a Green moray eel, and many...
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leaders responsible for eating the turtle almost to extinction. Green sea turtle first became popular in England as "sea-tortoise" circa 1728: "Its Flesh...
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wall lizard, Podarcis vaucheri; blotched snake, Elaphe sauromates; green sea turtle, Chelonia mydas), while 3 species for which there is an IUCN Red List...
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turtles, including land-dwelling tortoises and freshwater terrapins. They are found on most continents, some islands and, in the case of sea turtles,...
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List of largest reptiles (redirect from Largest turtle)
sea turtle. It tends to weight slightly more average weight than the green sea turtle, and reaches more massive top sizes. The Loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta...
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Maui Ocean Center (section Sea Turtle Rescue)
exhibit has up to six sea turtles on display at all times. Native to Hawaiʻi, the green sea turtle is the largest hard-shelled sea turtle in the world, reaching...
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disease of marine turtles, predominantly in the green sea turtle, Chelonia mydas, but it has also been reported in the loggerhead sea turtle Caretta caretta...
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Wildlife of Alaska (section Green sea turtle)
The Alaskan waters are home to two species of turtles, the leatherback sea turtle and the green sea turtle. Alaska has two species of frogs, the Columbia...
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Mock turtle soup is an English soup that was created in the mid-18th century as an imitation of green turtle soup. It often uses brains and organ meats...
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interrelated meanings: Chelonia, the order uniting all turtles Genus of sea turtle of which the green sea turtle is the only extant member The Chelonians[broken...
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Loggerhead sea turtle, Caretta caretta VU IUCN (MoE: EN) Genus: Chelonia Green sea turtle, Chelonia mydas EN IUCN (MoE: VU) Genus: Eretmochelys Hawksbill sea turtle...
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Threats to sea turtles are numerous and have caused many sea turtle species to be endangered. Of the seven extant species of sea turtles, six in the family...
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green sea turtles. Exhibits include freshwater lakes, coral reef, shipwreck, an interactive touch pool and a 180 degree underwater ocean tunnel. Sea Life...
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Ridley sea turtles are a genus (Lepidochelys) of sea turtle comprising two species: Kemp's ridley sea turtle and the olive ridley sea turtle. Kemp's ridley...
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consists of an improvisational, real-time conversation with Crush, the green sea turtle from the 2003 Disney•Pixar film Finding Nemo. A similar version is...
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After accidentally falling into the sea, the boy learns he is a natural swimmer, and swims with some green sea turtles. He swims back to his mother, who...
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Griffin, Melanie Griffith, and Jenny McCarthy. In October 1959, Sammy, a green sea turtle, hatches on a deserted beach and while trying to climb up a sand slope...
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Chelonitoxism (category Turtle terminology)
hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata), green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas), loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta gigas), leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys...
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the Green Turtle, in 1959 by Joshua B. Powers, who was inspired by ecologist Archie Carr's book The Windward Road, which documented threats to sea turtles...
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