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    Turtles and tortoises are one of the many creatures that die while trying to cross a road. Scientist and wildlife lovers have come up with some ways to prevent the deaths of these animals to occur. However, they are still dying. Better fencing, I believe, is needed to keep turtles and tortoises out of the road and safe. Some people believe that putting up fences and other echo passages will harm to cross the road. In the passage in paragraph 8, it stated," But the bigger failure was in the…

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    I chose the Chaco Side-Neck Turtle as my subject because I saw a television segment on rare and endangered turtles. I recently just learned that these turtles are not pronounced endangered, yet. The status of these turtles is “vulnerable”. I, of course wanted to learn more about this turtle so I started doing some research. The Chaco side-Neck Tuttle species name is an “Acanthochelys Pallidipectoris”. This Tuttle is a small to medium freshwater turtle that can be located in northern Argentina,…

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    Sea Turtle Research Paper

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    in “apna talks”). Despite facing humans animals are still surviving us today and continue to live on. One animal that has proven to survive the human race is the sea turtles. According to the (Washington Post) more than half of the sea turtles on earth have swallowed some type of plastic. The article goes on to say that sea turtles get the plastic confused with jellyfish. They get it confused because from down below it looks like jellyfish floating up above. In fact, (Washington Post) explains…

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    Introduction Sea turtles are one of Earth’s most ancient creatures. They have been around close to 150 million years, dating back to the time of the dinosaurs. Sea turtles can hold their breath for up to 5 hours, live up to 100 years, weigh up to 2000 lbs, and travel 10,000 miles per year! Not only all of this, but they also play vital roles in maintaining the Ocean’s health such as maintaining productive coral reef ecosystems, to transporting essential nutrients from the ocean to the beaches…

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    For the most part of the story of the White Turtle, the audience reveres and admires the breathtaking spectacle of the images Lola Basyang’s chant produced. However, as time elapsed, and the curiosity of these Westernized people slowly transformed into the urge to legitimize what was transpiring in front of them, they started viewing such a serene art form as something negative just because it is, to them, incomprehensible and illogical. Because of the difference in culture and beliefs between…

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    Plain of Santo Domingo. Despite not having been blessed with natural lakes, The Yaque del Norte represents the longest river in here, crossing the most fertile area, The Cibao Valley. Turtles are the key attraction points whenever it is to outline the particularities of the flora and fauna here. Four types of turtles live here in a perfect cohabitation with the American crocodile. The Enriquilo Basion is the shelter of some endangered species such…

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    there are many different varieties of frogs such as the Turtle Frog and the Clawed Frog. Although they are both frogs they have different habitats they originate from and different up bringing’s. Frogs live all around the world in contradistinctive environments. Turtle Frogs live in Australia, which has a dry and sandy climate. This is the type…

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    Hooded Plover Extinction

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    Introduction The purpose of this investigation is to help show how people could help save the Hooded Plovers from extinction. People tend to think that the beaches are just covered in sand. For many years now, people have been visiting beaches around South Australia; and which has out a negative impact on the flora and fauna. The Hooded Plovers are highly endangered. There are less then 800 Hooded Plover in South Australia, and only 7,000 in Australia. The main reason that the Hooded Plovers are…

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    why do turtles have to be so slow. It is so easy to catch one, and hard for baby turtles to escape. It is unfair that turtles are slower then other animals. I was treated unfairly, like the turtle, a couple of times. First, it was unfair the first time I did pacers. I think it was unfair because the girls have to do less pacers than boys do to get a better grade. It is unfair because boys are equal to girls in ability strength and everything it is only up to a students physical ability. It…

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    lover at heart saying that he has owned “dogs, cats, turtles, snakes, alligators, pigeons, possums, goats” while he was in his home state of Connecticut (Stuttering Foundation). He writes of animals and their conservations often. In fact, it’s his signature as an author. He has many works, 60 years’ worth, of conservation of animals fueled by this relentless desire to write for animals who cannot write for themselves (Stuttering Foundation). Turtles may seem like they don’t need much because…

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