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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Canada southward into the Ohio Valley. The Iroquois League dominated the middle Atlantic region and contended with tribes of the Algonquin nation for domination in parts of the Ohio Valley. In the southern region three primary groups prevailed: the Cherokee‚ Tuscarora and Muskhogean. All of these tribes were eventually overwhelmed by the in-migration Europeans (and their descendants)‚ the diseases brought with them and the wars of
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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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that be a human or even a little turtle. Power is achieved by performing certain actions carefully and thoroughly. If these actions are completed with any hesitation‚ everything can come crashing down in the blink of an eye. In Dr. Seuss’s story Yertle the Turtle‚ Yertle was king of the pond who decided he was not satisfied with his small rock as a throne. By commanding the fellow turtles around him‚ he created a higher chair for himself‚ until one little turtle changed the fate for them all. Transgressions
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The Iroquois Denver Public Schools In partnership with Metropolitan State College of Denver El Alma de la Raza Project Exploring Northeast Native Americans: The Iroquois Seneca‚ Cayuga‚Tuscarora‚ Onondaga‚ Oneida and Mohawk By Denise Engstrom‚ M.A.‚ ECE Member of the Tuscarora Nation Contributions by Elizabeth Kawenaa Montour Member of the Mohawk Nation Grades 6–8 Implementation Time for Unit of Study: 4 weeks Denver Public Schools El Alma de la Raza Curriculum and Teacher
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the back‚ should you be surprised to know that most of the respondent’s is of Indian ethnicity? In fact almost all of our technological based problems are solved by other ethnic based community’s. How does outsourcing affect the American people? Should we as a country support it? Thomas L. Friedman’s article “30 little turtles” Friedman shows favoritism towards the adolescent adults‚ of the Indian community‚ outsourcing‚ more networked‚ geopolitics‚ and how he believes it to make the world more
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Sea turtles are becoming more and more endangered as time goes on and is something that really needs to be changed. There are seven species of sea turtle and they are all either endangered or critically endangered. Millions of sea turtles used to inhabit the sea now only a fraction of them are still around. Humans are partly the cause of this because we hunt them for food and profit. It is unbelievable that people can kill such beautiful creatures just for their personal benefit. Humans are
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Draft Sea Turtle Conservation Introduction Sea turtles are one of the Earth ’s most ancient creatures‚ having appeared on earth millions of years before humans. The sea turtle ’s shell‚ or "carapace" is streamlined for swimming through the water. Unlike other turtles‚ sea turtles cannot retract their legs and head into their shells. Their color varies between yellow‚ greenish and black depending on the species. Sea turtles are found in all warm and temperate waters throughout the world and migrate
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Sergio Espitia P1 8/23/2013 Language Analysis on “The World on the Turtle’s Back” In the story “The World on the Turtle’s Back”‚ the writer uses a variety of techniques to show the parallels between other creation myths‚ and how the world came to be as it is today. The writer begins the story describing the world before creation by saying “ In the beginning there was no world‚ no land‚ no creatures of the kind that are around us now‚ and there were no men.” The author goes on to present the
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THE GREEN SEA TURTLE Sea turtles are large‚ air-breathing reptiles that inhabit tropical and subtropical seas throughout the world. Seven distinct species of sea turtles grace our oceans today. Upon first sight of the Green Sea Turtle it may appear to come off as any other turtle. The truth is that these turtles are magnificent beautiful creatures that spend most of their lives exploring endlessly through our massive ocean. These reptiles have the ability to
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