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• Kate Walsh fronts new campaign to protect sea turtles | MNN – Mother Nature Network

  
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  Kate Walsh fronts new campaign to protect sea turtles | MNN – Mother Nature Network . Kate Walsh Wants to Save Sea Turtles from Oceana on Vimeo .
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• Turtles Are Casualties of Warming in Costa Rica

  
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  "On a beach where dozens of turtles used to nest on a given night, scientists spied only 32 leatherbacks all of last year. With leatherbacks threatened with extinction, Playa Grande’s expansive turtle museum was abandoned three years ago and now sits amid a sea of weeds. And the beachside ticket booth for turtle ...
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• One example of how political pressure can hurt ecotourism

  
  TerraCurve.com: Go beyond green. | Responsible travel news, places, people and events. — Authority: 125
  Last week, a huge blow came down on environmental efforts in Puerto Rico. A future nature preserve, a full 3,240 acres, was taken off the agenda by the commonwealth’s governor – sparking fears in many that the land will be used for hotel resorts and other detrimental human activity. With natural fauna and other ...
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• Costa Rica proposes to downgrade Las Baulas National Park, threatening leatherback sea turtles

  
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  Costa Rica is considered by many to be a shining example of environmental stewardship, preserving both its terrestrial and marine biodiversity while benefiting from being a popular tourist location. However, a new move by the Costa Rican government has placed their reputation in question. In May of this year the ...
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• Do The White Thing: 7 More Amazing Albino Animals

  
  Life within me — Authority: 138
  Albinism is one of the few visible genetic “aberrations” humans share with other animals . This distinctive lack of pigment displayed by albino animals , along with the beauty and rarity of its presentation, has given rise to numerous myths, legends and practices, not all of them positive in tone. Albino Sea ...
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• Orissa villagers refuse to release rare turtle

  
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  Bhubaneswar, Nov 10 (IANS) Residents of a village in Orissa are refusing to release a rare turtle which they have trapped because they believe it as an incarnation of god, official said Tuesday.Wildlife officials have visited the residents of Khadipala village in the coastal district of Kendrapada, about 150 km from ...
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• Japanese Boat Capsized By Huge Jellyfish

  
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  A Japanese fishing boat was overturned by giant Nomura’s jellyfish off the coat of Chibu after attempting to pull in nets filled with the giant Nomura’s jellyfish weighing up to 200kg each. If it wasn’t bad enough that those fishing for the beasts are in danger, scientists are apparently preparing for a ...
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• 82 Sea Turtles Hatched at SeaWorld

  
  Education & Careers — Authority: 123
  Sea turtles have long been endangered or threatened and there are only seven species of sea turtles left in the world, because of hunting and pollution. However the population of sea turtles just exploded at San Diegos SeaWorld. Approximately 82 eggs hatched in October. The last successful hatching took place at ...
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• Kate: Sea Turtle Savior!

  
  Grey's Gabble — Authority: 151
  Kate Walsh is doing her bit for wildlife in the form of saving Sea Turtles.   Read on below to find…
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• Trash-eating Turtles Dying in Record Numbers: Earthwatch Presents First-Ever Award to Further Research

  
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  PRWEB 5 Nov 09;Preliminary studies led by Dr. Kathy Townsend from The University of Queensland indicate that more than 35% of the sea turtles she has studied in Australia died from eating trash. Earthwatch Institute, Maynard, MA (Vocus/PRWEB ) November 5, 2009 -- Preliminary studies led by Dr. Kathy Townsend from The ...
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• Help the fight against animal extinction

  
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  With a longtime neglect of our planet the constant fight against the threat of global warming is becoming tougher and more spread, animals are in danger now more than ever before. Its not fair that helpless animals can do nothing to stop the threat of extinction from their kind but as people and inhabitants of [...]
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• The Georgia Sea Turtle Center Update

  
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  TunicateThe gender of a sea turtle cannot be ascertained visually until they are sexually mature, which in the case of the loggerhead takes 35 years. We received a turtle last spring that had a heavy load of sea squirts or tunicates on its shell. The turtle was appropriately named tunicate. Tunicate presented unable ...
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• Sea Turtles Catch a Private Flight

  
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  The Sea Turtles injured by cold stunning caught a private  flight to come to the Georgia Sea Turtle Center. See the details in this video.
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• Mental health break

  
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  Welcome baby sea turtles (x82)!
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• Stuffed Green Sea Turtle Cuddlekin 12″

  
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  Stuffed Green Sea Turtle Cuddlekin 12″ These stuffed animals have realistically adorable faces, highly detailed designs and quality fabric. Customer Review: Cuddlekins Sea Turtle Great Product. Used for educational purposes on endangered species and endangered sea turtles. Kids and adults like it. I’m very ...
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• 82 sea turtles hatch at SeaWorld

  
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  Last month, 82 Green sea turtles hatched at SeaWorld in San Diego, California. The eggs hatched on Shipwreck Beach and the youngsters didn’t need any human aid to get out of their shells and into the water. The park had decided to let nature take its course by refraining from incubating the eggs or help the ...
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• Orissa bans fishing for seven months to protect rare Olive Ridely turtles

  
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  Nageshwar Patnaik, The Economic Times 2 Nov 09;BHUBANESWAR: Orissa government on Sunday imposed a seven-month-long ban on fishing activity along the entire 20 km stretch of Dhamra-Baruneimouth within Gahirmatha marine sanctuary in the wake of aribada [mass nesting] of endangered Olive Ridley sea turtles.This move will ...
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• 82 healthy sea turtles hatch at San Diego SeaWorld

  
  Sports & recreation - sports-rec.marc8.com — Authority: 459
  The population of endangered green sea turtles at SeaWorld in San Diego grew by 82 in October when the eggs hatched on Shipwreck Beach without human help.
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• Harsh effects of overfishing: Malaysian statement

  
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  Nik Naizi Husin, The Star 3 Nov 09;KUANTAN: A total of 25 species of fish, including seven species of knifetooth sawfish, have been listed as endangered marine life by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).Also on the list are 18 species of freshwater fish, including arowana, temoleh and kelah.IUCN ...
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• SC, Ga., hosting 3 injured turtles - AP State GA - Ledger-Enquirer.comsea

  
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  SC, Ga., hosting 3 injured sea turtles - AP State GA - Ledger-Enquirer.com.CHARLESTON, S.C. — South Carolina and Georgia are welcoming three endangered sea turtles being flown to the area after they were stunned in cold waters off the New England coast last year.The loggerhead sea turtle and two Kemp’s ridleys are ...
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