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    titled “After Spill, Sea Turtles Still Swimming” and “For The Turtles”, they both are about the ways that people are helping turtles stay alive. However, “After Spill, Sea Turtles Still Swimming” is better at achieving its purpose. This is shown in the “After Spill, Sea Turtles Still Swimming” by Achieve 3000 and it states, “To that end, the eggs at NPS's lab are monitored 24 hours a day. Once hatching begins, Shaver sleeps on a cot in her office, caring for the tiny turtles as if they were her…

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    The Hawaiian Green Sea turtle is one of the most beautiful creatures in the ocean, but sadly, they’re endangered. The Green Sea turtle has a cultural significance, especially to Hawaii. They are endangered, and becoming extinct, because of the overharvesting of their eggs and the hunting of the adults. It is important that we do something about this situation now. Through their cultural significance, preserving these turtles is not only helping one of the earth’s many creatures, but is acting as…

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    Hello congress woman and men. Our names are, Alicia, Celeste and Yaritza. We are here to try and convince you to keep this endangered specie, the Hawksbills Sea Turtle as safe and protected as possible. Like many sea turtles, hawksbill sea turtles are critically endangered due mostly to human impact. The Hawksbill Sea Turtle is usually amber colored and richly patterned, with radiating streaks of lighter brown and black which is a reason why they are being killed for their stunning shell and…

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    biotic and abiotic factors, has suffered continued to suffer greatly as a result. In a time span of circa 1982 to 2012, data has revealed the boom and bust-style graph concerning the population of Loggerhead Sea Turtles and their number of their nests. In 1978, this species of sea turtle was listed under the Endangered Species Act. Starting during the early 1970s, the SCDNR, otherwise known as the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, had begun collecting data and information on the…

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    Nesting Habitat Destruction For many years, sea turtles have become affected by everything ranging from climate changes to pollution in the Earth's oceans. However, what many people don't know is that there are steps that can be taken and that are being taken to help prevent the destruction of these sea turtles habitats. Sea turtles can be helped in many different aspects, like by protecting their eggs. By minimizing lighting on beachfronts during their nesting season, it encourages them to…

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    Ocean Pollution Over half of sea turtles have ingested an outrageous amount of plastic and lots of them have even died from the marine pollution that's getting put into the ocean. A lot of animals are getting killed/injured by ocean pollution and its not just litter that's harming them. Many chemicals can also be released from runoff or even marine mammal carcasses. One of the animals that is getting harmed by the litter is sea turtles. A large amount of sea turtles are getting killed by eating…

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    green sea turtles, humpback whales, and manta rays. The Hawaiian Green Sea Turtle is one of the first turtle species ever discovered in Hawaii. The can be spotted from the beach. Hawaiian Green Sea Turtles are the largest hard-shelled turtles in the ocean (Murphy). They are regularly found resting under underwater ledges, basking on beaches, and nibbling on algae in shallow waters. Sea turtles normally live in water that is fairly warm. The average shell length of an adult green sea turtle is…

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    Loggerhead Sea Turtle The Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta Caretta) is an endangered species of turtle that lives and nests on the beaches of Georgia’s barrier islands. The Loggerhead Sea Turtles was listed on the threatened species list on July 28, 1978. There are 7 species of sea turtles, and the Loggerhead turtle is one of five found on the Georgia barrier islands. The Loggerhead turtle is the only one of those that nests regularly on the barrier islands. This species of turtle lives in oceans…

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    risk of extinction. Plastic wastes are one of the main reasons for the death of sea turtles. whale hunters hunt whales and sharks are finned and caught in nets. Animals under the labeled endangered are whales, sharks, and sea turtles. The main causes for their population decrease are man-made. Topic sentence: Whales roam throughout all of the world’s oceans, communicating with complex and mysterious sounds.…

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    Sea turtles are among the most extraordinary, charismatic and fascinating creatures, and are some of the world’s greatest nomads, sometimes navigating thousands of miles between feeding and nesting grounds. They are long-lived animals, having a complex life history, low reproductive capacity due to high juvenile mortality rates, and they travel long distances and thus encounter many fishing operations, making them vulnerable to overexploitation and fishing mortality (Spotila, 2004). Five…

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