The biology of the sea turtle and facors affecting its population Upon first sight of the great sea turtle it might just think that it is like any other turtle. The truth is that marine turtles are beautiful creatures spending a majority of their lives wandering endlessly through our massive ocean. These reptiles have the ability to do amazing things. Some of these things include evolving to a range of purely innate responses to the demands of a changing suite of environments and having remarkable
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Loggerhead turtles have many significant adaptations to their current and past environments. Turtles of the family Cheloniidae have various morphological adaptations for aquatic life. Early turtles lost the capacity for aquatic propulsion by body and tail undulations when they developed a shortened‚ more rigid body form during the Triassic‚ as an adaptation for armored resistance to attack by predators. However‚ terrestrial body form with a carapace and walking-type limbs precluded aquatic locomotion
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Sea turtles are sometimes called marine turtle.There are 7 different species of sea turtles like green sea turtles‚the leatherback sea turtle‚the loggerhead turtle‚the hawksbill turtle‚ kemp’s Ridley turtle‚the olive Ridley turtle. The name of my animal is a sea turtle and its scientific name is Chelonioidea and it’s length of life is 60-80 years the geographical location is 2600 km or 1600 mi and it’s natural habitat is the ocean. The sea turtle weight 700 pounds and their height is 5ft and their
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have done studies on the population genetics of the green sea turtle. Through their DNA research‚ it was discovered that human impact has drastically reduced the genetic diversity within the green sea turtle population. In the future‚ this can prevent the reptiles from adapting and evolving because the ones that are left are extremely alike. A natural disaster or a catastrophic event can greatly diminish the number of living green sea turtles‚ triggering their approaching extinction. Even in the population
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Sea turtles are threatened and endangered throughout their natural range due to various anthropogenic interferences‚ such as poaching and habitat destruction (World… c2016). Sea turtles provide many ecological benefits‚ such as acting as distributors of nutrients and sculptors of both terrestrial and marine substrate (Mancini et al. 2011). However‚ global climate change is threatening sea turtle populations’ ability to continue to provide these benefits (Mancini et al. 2011). Beach habitat loss due
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YH struggles with controlling her emotions and gets angry easily. The intervention “Turtle Technique” was suggested to discuss this concern. The “Turtle Technique” is a cognitive behavioural intervention strategy that has been successfully used with children grades K to 3 (Greenberg‚ Kusche & Quamma‚ 1995; WesbterStratton & Hammond‚ 1997). The turtle technique sequential steps are: 1) the child learns to recognize when they feel angry‚ 2) when they recognize this feeling (i.e. either internally
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commonly known as the Hawksbill Sea Turtle. The Hawksbill Sea Turtle has a lifespan of about 30 to 50 years. The turtle is an omnivore and consumes sea grasses‚ sea urchins‚ barnacles‚ small animals‚ and their favorite food‚ sponges (National Wildlife Federation). Regardless of their lifespan and diet‚ these turtles are dying quicker than normal because of the human race. According to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)‚ the Hawksbill Sea Turtle is classified as critically endangered
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classified into three groups‚ turtles‚ snakes‚ and lizards. There are lots of species of turtles‚ like the sea turtle who live in the oceans. They can be identified by their long‚ streamlined shell and their color range of olive-green‚ yellow‚ greenish-brown‚ reddish-brown‚ or black.
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Nick Mathiason Coach Woodard English 1301-3 9-26-12 Analyzing Text. Thomas Friedman‚ an American columnist‚ journalist‚ and writer for the New York Times writes the passage‚ “30 Little Turtles” to inform a general audience who read the newspaper‚ of the impact of foreign‚ outsourced jobs to the people who receive them. Using clear unambiguous sources of actual people who receive these jobs‚ he creates a personality that he applies to all Indians who receive the call center jobs. A persona
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In Alice Hoffman’s novel‚ Turtle Moon‚ a main character is Julian Cash‚ a police officer who is withdrawn from his small town‚ Verity. The initial impression the author gives about Julian is his cold and brutal characteristics. The author then develops him throughout the novel into a sociable‚ and warmhearted character. This is important as the character’s development further illustrates the novel’s message‚ that love can be found anywhere‚ even in Verity. In the beginning of the novel‚ his lack
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