Introduction Turtles are remarkable creatures‚ but are not known to form social bonds or be monogamous. Like many animals‚ female turtles are capable of storing sperm inside of them for extended periods‚ and it is necessary for some turtle species in order to ensure fertilization. In most turtle species‚ gamete maturation does not occur at the same time of the year; male gametes typically mature in the fall‚ and the female ovulation typically occurs in the spring time (1). Sperm storage allows females
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December 2014 Leatherback Turtle There are many animals on this earth that have survived for hundreds and thousands of years. Recently studies have shown that those animals are now on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. They are claimed as critically endangered. They are as we say becoming extinct. The Leatherback Turtle is one of those endangered animal species. Leatherback Turtles also known as “Dermochelys coriacea” is named after its shell. It is not hard like other turtles but made up of leather-like
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cord‚ notochord‚ post-anal tail. Chelydra serpentine have waterproof skin covered in scales‚ are ectothermic and have hard shelled eggs that are water proof. These features make them a part of the class Reptilia. They belong to the order Testudines (turtles) which means they have the following features: boney shell which is part of their skeleton‚ a shell on their underside‚ sharp beaks that replace teeth and allows them to tear their food. There are over 290 species of Testudines alive today
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Leatherback Turtle Species: Reptile Range: The coasts of Nova Scotia‚ Newfoundland and Labrador‚ New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. Research has revealed that leatherbacks are more loaded in Atlantic Canada from July through to the end of October‚ with the highest amount of turtles occurring on the Scotian Shelf and Slope‚ southern Gulf of St. Lawrence‚ and south coast of Newfoundland. The leatherback has also been seen less frequently off the coast of British Columbia. Designation:
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Caretta caretta is commonly called the "Loggerhead" sea turtle due to their overly large heads‚ which are comprised of a horny beak that is significantly thicker than in other sea turtles. This species is the largest hard-shelled turtle in the world. Loggerhead turtles have large heads (when compared to other species of marine turtles) and strong‚ muscular jaws (which help them crush prey such as crabs and lobsters). The loggerhead sea turtle is a marine mammal that grows quite large. Adults of this
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think the world came into being? There are many different types of cultures in the world‚ and with this come many beliefs on how the world came into being. In many ways‚ these beliefs and stories are similar to each other. In other ways they are noticeably different and unique. These stories and beliefs can tell us about their cultures and customs that those said people have retained through the umpteen years. By comparing and contrasting Christianity‚ contemporary science‚ and “The World on the
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eyes. To me Yertle the Turtle is about a tyrant’s reign over a happy and peaceful area. This book as published in 1958‚ thirteen years after World War Ⅱ. I think the tyrant in the story was symbolic and Yertle was actually Hitler. In stanzas one and nine Yertle commands for turtle the stack up on top of each other in order the make his throne taller. The turtles he is sitting on could represent all of the countries that he concurred overtime. Or‚ in a more dark manner‚ the turtles could be the bodies
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Would the Sea Turtles be Missed? “Six of the seven sea turtle species are listed as vulnerable‚ endangered‚ or greatly endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of threatened species (Roach).” These suffering sea turtle species are the following: Reen‚ Hawksbill‚ Kemp’s Ridley‚ Leatherback‚ Loggerhead‚ and Olive Ridley. All of these turtles are found in the waters off the coasts of the United States of America. The only species of sea turtle that is not in
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Turtle | Florida Box Turtle Terrapene carolina | | | Chelonia mydas in Kona‚ Hawaii. | A turtle with eyes closer to the end of the head. Keeping only the nostrils and the eyes above the water surface. | 1. | Snapping Turtle Tail. Blue Hills Reservation‚ Massachusetts | "Chelonia" (Testudines) from Ernst Haeckel’s Kunstformen der Natur‚ 1904 | The Western Hermann’s Tortoise (Testudo hermanni hermanni) is a cryptodire.Cryptodires hide their head inwards. | The Western Hermann’s
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Turtle Stones By Edgar A. Brown Concretions‚ some of which are called turtle stones‚ have been geological curiosities around the world for centuries. According to Wikipedia‚ a concretion is a hard‚ compact mass of matter formed within layers of sedimentary rock such as sandstone‚ shale‚ siltstone‚ and limestone. Concretions form as minerals within rock beds and precipitate in cracks and cavities‚ or as sediment builds up in layers around a core like a pebble or a shell. The Finger Lakes shale holds
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