...the increasing in temperature. One species that may be potentially affected greatly are sea turtles, species such as the loggerhead, leatherback, green turtles and a few others. Recent studies have shown that the increasing temperatures maybe threatening the stability of this ancient creature. Sea Turtles have been on Earth for roughly 240 million years, with fossils dating back to late Jurassic period (Neaq). Over a span of millions of years turtles have experienced serious environmental fluctuations, from the breaking up of PANGEA to major sea level rising of one hundred meters to the blistering cold Ice Ages (Neaq). The key to their survival lies in thier ability to continuously find a stabilized habitat to leave their eggs during incubation (Education-portal). Turtles commonly have a slow growth rate, this trait is an advantage for a turtle because over the years it becomes wiser learning how to adapt and cope with changes. During nesting season female turtles travel miles in search for a stabilized beach where weather conditions are ideal and safe from predators and human activities, ensuring the maximum potential for its hatchlings to make it to the ocean. Despite these efforts a hatchlings chances of surviving to maturity is one in every thousand sea turtles. For this reason turtles spawn hundreds of eggs at once in an effort to increase the chances of survival, however; turtles main traits such as their long lifespan, strong competitive...
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...ObKelsey Brand PSYC 3110 Animal Observation Paper 1 10/10/12 I. The Catalog: Behaviors and Definitions. Trachemys scripta scripta (Yellow-Bellied Slider Turtle) Behaviors: | Definitions: | Swimming | Wading through water as a means of getting from point A to point B. | Sun-Bathing | Prolonged on top of flat surface under the heating lamp with all four claws and neck stretched out. | Stretching | Top two, back two, or all four limbs reaching outward from the shell. | Relaxing | Lying on top of flat surface above the water. Simply resting with no means of being aware of its surroundings. | Sleeping | A period of rest, above or under the water, where the animal is not consciously aware of the environment. | Hiding | Concealed under or behind an object larger than the animal. Such as the cave, filter, or palm tree decoration. | Climbing | Ascending upwards using all four claws of the rocky surface to get above water. | Running | Rapidly traveling on foot on a stable surface by means of getting from point A to point B. | Walking | Slow travel on foot on a stable surface by means of getting from point A to point B. | Alert | Closely watching and being extremely conscious of the environment and surroundings. Usually after seeing or hearing an unusual being. | Floating | Hovering with shell and head protruding from the water, while the bottom of the shell and claws are underwater. | Clawing | To touch the rock roughly and continue to move claws back...
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...The biology of the sea turtle and facors affecting its population Upon first sight of the great sea turtle it might just think that it is like any other turtle. The truth is that marine turtles are beautiful creatures spending a majority of their lives wandering endlessly through our massive ocean. These reptiles have the ability to do amazing things. Some of these things include evolving to a range of purely innate responses to the demands of a changing suite of environments and having remarkable navigations skills for their excursions that may last up to several years. Sea turtles have been in existence for more than 100 million years and researchers have been studying them for great deal of time. During the past 20 years however, the natural history of marine turtles has received growing attention and much has been learned (Bjorndal 19). Instantly you will fall in love with their beauty and majestic way of life. The biology behind these amazing animals causes them stand out from much of the ocean life. There are seven different species of sea turtles. These species include Kemps Ridley, Flatback, Loggerhead, Olive Ridley, Leatherback, Hawksbill, and the Hawaiian Green Turtle (Gardner 2004). Unlike many animals the female sea turtle is generally larger than the males. The main distinction between the two is that the male tends to have a longer tail. The core part of the sea turtle and the part that helps protect them from predators is the shell. The shell grows around the...
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...protection plan that I would create for the Box turtle would be an awareness plan to make sure that the inhabitants of the area were the box turtles live are aware of how box turtles live and also know how they can do their part. The awareness plan will educate people that “Box turtles rarely bite, but be gentle with them and avoid touching their head” (biodavidson, 2014). Usually when people are made aware of a problem and are provided a solution they usually comply, especially when they value something. The box turtle; in a lot of areas is taken in by families as a pet. Most people probably think that when they take them as pets they are doing them a favor but when they take them out of their habitat they are actually stressing them out to the point were they cannot reproduce most of the time. The action plan would be to educate everyone, the young preschoolers, elementary, middle school and high school students to be well aware of what type of habitat that the box turtles should live in as well as what type of care box turtles need. The action plan education plan would explain the importance of not taking box turtles as pets, never to release box turtles back into the wild unless the person knows exactly were in the wild the box turtle came from, explain the importance of letting the box turtle cross the road or helping the turtle cross, by picking it up and helping it cross to the other side. Explain that if a box turtle nests in a persons yard, the people should not...
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...The green turtle is one of the largest sea turtles and the only herbivore among the different species. Green turtles are in fact named for the greenish color of their cartilage and fat, not their shells. In the Eastern Pacific, a group of green turtles that have darker shells are called black turtles by the local community. Green turtles are found mainly in tropical and subtropical waters. Like other sea turtles, they migrate long distances between feeding grounds and the beaches from where they hatched. Classified as endangered, green turtles are threatened by overharvesting of their eggs, hunting of adults, being caught in fishing gear and loss of nesting beach sites. Body Temperature- All reptiles are ectotherms. They are cold blooded and their bodies cannot create heat, so they must get it from another source, the sun. Body Covering- have a body covering of scaly skin. All reptiles have scaly skin. This tough, scaly skin is called scute or osteoderms Habitat-They both live in Land and Water How they Reproduce-The reproduction process of sea turtles is important as it is what keeps the various species alive. The age for maturity significantly varies from one species to the next. For some, it is when they are 3-5 years of age. For others though it is as late as 20-50 years of age. It will depend on the type of sea turtle species you are talking about. The mating process takes place in the water so there isn’t too much known about it. This has been confirmed due...
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...The turtle is known to be a slow creature but a survivor. The slow but sure physiology of the animal is reflected in the slow but constant evolution of the turtle’s brain over the last 210 million years. Scientists compared the brain of the Proganochelys, the oldest turtle with a real shell, and modern turtles by using computed tomography scanning on two fossil skulls. Very simple brain structure Dr. Stephan Lautenschlager, the lead author from the University of Birmingham’s School of Geography, Earth and Environment, said that the results of the scan showed the animal had a very simple brain structure. The turtle’s vision and hearing were likely not very good, while its sense of smell was developed moderately. Over the course of its evolution,...
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...in her personal testimony, “Turtles inevitably became deeply rooted in the culture, featured in local dishes and even on the back of the 10 cents.” The Caymans Island worship the turtles and never was ashamed of consuming the turtles to practice their customs. Eating turtles go as far as the first settler in the U.S. More so that it was introduced in the first Thanksgiving. Stephanie Butler wrote in her article, “it (turtle meat) was president Taft’s favorite food.” Turtle meat appeared on a lot of the presidential dinners. It was also served during the revolutionary war. Turtle meat became popular for most of is texture and flavor. Stephanie then writes, “turtle is said to contain seven types of mean, each reminiscent of pork, chicken...
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...gov/pr/species/turtles/green.htm website, government website so will be reliable [2] http://www.iotn.org/iotn-15-6.php [3] http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2013/10/29/Human-impact-on-sea-turtles-shows-up-in-studies-of-genetic-diversity/UPI-16391383084837/#ixzz2jFew9cIu Biological solutions The Indian Ocean - South-East Asian (IOSEA) Marine Turtle Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) protects 6 marine turtles including the green sea turtle. It is a non-binding intergovernmental agreement that aims to protect, conserve, and recover sea turtles and their habitats in the Indian Ocean and South-East Asia region. [1] This includes the turtles on the coast of Nellore. Graph showing total number of nests protected in Nellore district from 2008 to 2012 February [2] The number of green sea turtles is particularly important for creating a diverse ecosystem since they are the only herbivorous marine turtle and so they transfer nutrients from nutrient-rich areas like sea grass beds to nutrient-poor ecosystems like nesting beaches. This is why many organisations, such as the Inter-American Convention (IAC) for the Protection and Conservation of Sea Turtles, trys to increase their numbers and diversity, so they prevent the sea turtle’s extinction and they can continue to play their beneficial role to their ecosystem. The IAC is an intergovernmental treaty that provides the legal framework for countries in the Americas and the Caribbean to take actions for the benefit of sea turtles. [1] Between...
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...Hey there do you know anything about leatherback sea turtle? They are very cool animals. Let’s get started. Overall Leatherbacks are sea turtles and the only turtle with no shell. Also, the leatherback sea turtle is the heaviest turtle out there. It can weigh up to 2,000 lb. and grow up to 11 ft. They can swim up to 5km to 8km. Although, they can swim fast, they cannot swim backwards. This is why many of them get caught in fishing nets. Turtles breath oxygen, but they spend most of their time in water. There main adaptations are there flippers, shell, and jaw. Food Leatherback's eat mainly jellyfish because they don't have teeth. Eating hard animals could break their jaw. Also, they are immune to jellyfish's sting which means they eat jellyfish. They also eat small crustaceans too. They are mainly predators unless there is a tiger shark in the area. The relationship would be leatherbacks to jellyfish. If there is a tiger shark it would be tiger shark to leatherback. Their food chain would go from seaweed (producers), small fish (primary consumer), jelly fish (secondary consumer), leatherback sea turtle (territory consumers) and hermit crab (decomposer). There are no...
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...will find the Green Turtle living where ever they can find tropical or cool water. The Green Turtle will live out in the ocean. They will come on shore to the sandy beaches where they will dig holes in which to lay their eggs. The Green Turtle is 80 to 100cm long and weighs 70 to 230kg. The Green Turtle is not green as their name suggests. Their fat is green. The Green Turtle does not eat meat like most turtles They prefer to eat seaweed. The Baby Green Turtles will however eat crabs and jellyfish. The Green Turtles numbers are dropping all over the world There are many caught for food. Their eggs are also taken. They are losing some of their sandy beaches, so they have fewer places to lay their eggs. They are now endangered. The snake-necked turtle is found in...
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...Abstract The topic of this paper is Sea turtles endangered by Global warming. It argues that global warming have a bad effect on the environment and threatens some species in the world. In the specially, sea turtles which is the oldest species in live in the world so we need to find solutions to protect this specie. There are three reasons for this argument. The first is that we need to find solutions to decrease global warming. The second is that we need to decrease the pollution due to human. Finally, protect the sea turtle of human and predators. Sea Turtles threatened with extinction A lot of species are endangered because of global warming and more specifically the Sea turtle, which is the oldest species known in the world (Velaquez-Manoff 2007); it lived during the dinosaurs. Now the change of the climate threatens these species, and if we don’t do something in a hurry, this species will disappear. The increasing temperature (more than 2 degrees these last years) have an impact directly on the turtle’s eggs (Velaquez-Manoff 2007, Brahic 2007). The problem is that more females than males are born; that means the future will be difficult for reproduction. According to WWF (2007), it’s not only the future population which is in peril, because there is also habitat loss and degradation, pollution, disease because of human and marine pollution, and natural predators. As Bhattacharya (2007) said, we need to do something and we can already...
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...Sea turtles Introduction: Sea turtles have been around for a very long time and are one of the earth's most ancient creatures since the time of dinosaurs which goes back to many millions of years. In general, the estimate for the lifespan of sea turtles is 70-80 years. There are seven species of sea turtles in two families. The family Cheloniidae includes six hard shell turtles: flatback sea turtle (Natator depressus), green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas), hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricate), Kemp's ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii), loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) and olive ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea). The seventh species of leathery skin turtle, leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) belongs to the...
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...Sea turtles are fascinating sea creatures that use the Earth’s magnetic field to migrate and navigate the Earth. Turtles breathe air and are classified as reptiles, they have been on Earth for millions of years. Sea turtles also classified as marine turtles have seven different sub-species they're known as Loggerhead, Olive Ridley, Flatback, Leatherback, Green turtle, Kemp’s Ridley and Flatback. Turtles live in practically every ocean all over the world, they don’t have a specific habitat where they're located. Turtles are born on beaches and make their way to the sea, they spend most of their lives at sea. The female turtles after mating at sea return to the same beach they were born on to lay her eggs. Female turtles can mate in maturity...
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...Snorkeling with Sea Turtles Sea Turtles, over 100 million years swimming in their oceans. Even predating many dinosaurs. “The turtle is an important symbol in the mythologies of many indigenous cultures, usually representing creation, longevity and wisdom in these belief systems. Turtles are thus truly ancient beings-both in geological and mythological terms. As integral parts of the marine ecosystems, turtles are also useful indicators of the vitality of the overall marine environment (Travel-Hawaii .com 2017).” The spectacular Green Turtle inhabits the warm salt waters off the coast of Oahu, and allowed me to visit their home reef. This majestic sea creature’s life span is relatively unknown. Sea turtles reach a peak maturity age...
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...Sea Turtles Sea turtles are amazing creatures and have been around for a long time. They are large marine animals with a leathery shell and flippers that come on shore to lay eggs. A lot of times humans mistaken these sea turtles to be true animals. Including abilities and characteristics of sea turtles humans don’t think of sea turtles to be so close to us. Sea turtles are really old animals and are very important. Sea turtles have a major effect on the environment around them. In the first place, sea turtles’ senses and speed have adapted to help them survive in the turtles’ environment .In the book, Sea Turtles an Extraordinary Natural History of Some Uncommon Turtles it says; “Sea turtles are not like normal fish, they are always holding their...
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