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Sea Turtles: A Complete Guide to Their Biology, Behavior, and Conservation

Sea Turtles: A Complete Guide to Their Biology, Behavior, and Conservation

Spotila, James R.

Hardcover

Marine LifeReptiles & AmphibainsZoology

ISBN10: 0801880076
ISBN13: 9780801880070
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: Nov 12 2004
Pages: 227
Weight: 2.95
Height: 0.90 Width: 9.40 Depth: 11.10
Language: English
Awards: National Outdoor Book Awards

For more than a hundred million years, sea turtles have been swimming in the world's oceans. These magnificent, long-lived creatures spend their lives in the water, coming ashore to lay their eggs. Upon hatching, the baby turtles leave the nest and enter a dangerous world of storms and predators. The females will return to the same beach to lay their own eggs when they reach maturity a decade later. Today, there are seven species of sea turtle: the grass-eating green turtle; the sea sponge-eating hawksbill; the olive ridley; the Kemp's ridley, which is the smallest species; the loggerhead; the flatback of Australia; and the giant leatherback. Having escaped the mass extinction that wiped out the dinosaurs, these ancient reptiles today face new dangers that threaten their survival: pollution, hunting, and the destruction of their nesting grounds. Will this century be the last to witness their majesty? Will succeeding generations live in a world devoid of their graceful presence?

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