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
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Sea Otters are a very cool animal and were going to look their habitat, diet, characteristics, and the fur trade that made them near extinction in 1741. Six million years ago otters lived in the wetlands of china but today they live in the northern Pacific near California all the way up to Alaska. Sea Otters live in the shallow coast of the northern Pacific. Where sea otters float/sleep large areas of kelp, or seaweed. They will provide encouraged by tangling themselves in the kelp or seaweed
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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)
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Informational Resaerch Essay Skylar Grabow 1\26\17 6 Song Sea otters, they are special swimming mammals. Studies have shown many interesting details about these lovable species. Sea otters don´t have a big population. Their location is only in one space. Their habitat is very hard to find. They have many different traits in their habitat. The sea otter population is very low, there are between several hundred thousand and more than a million. Since fur trade is popular the population has gone
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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
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Introduction Sea otters or enhydra lutris, are the largest of the mustelid but are the smallest of the marine mammals. These mammals at birth are very fragile and are cared for a great deal by the mothers. The sea otter once able to forage on its own can eat s number of organisms and mush eat a great deal to maintain its metabolism. The enhydra lutris is know as a keystone species to the kelp forests, protecting them from sea urchins among other enemies that threaten to deplete the kelp forests
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Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) The Green sea turtle is around four hundred and forty and a maximum size of four feet, it has a small head, a heart shaped shell, small shaped head, color varies, and have single clawed flippers. The Green sea turtle is found on the coast of California, Florida, and the east coast, those are the american coasts they live on other than that they live along the coast of many different countries. This species is named for the green color of its fat, instead of
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UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS General Certificate of Education Advanced Subsidiary Level and Advanced Level ENGLISH LANGUAGE Paper 1 Passages for Comment Additional Materials: * 9 7 9 6 7 5 0 3 6 9 * 8693/11 May/June 2012 2 hours Answer Booklet/Paper READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST If you have been given an Answer Booklet, follow the instructions on the front cover of the Booklet. Write your Centre number, candidate number and name on all the work you hand in. Write
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Just 20 years ago, Russia and the energy-rich countries of Central Asia, such as Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan, and Azerbaijan in the South Caucasus, were all united, as parts of the Soviet Union. Moscow would have had unfettered access to their oil and gas reserves. But the Central Asian states realise one of their greatest strategic strengths as independent countries is playing off the big global powers now scrambling to buy their precious energy supplies. So, Moscow now finds itself in fierce
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The world's top 10 most expensive marinas Tara Loader Wilkinson 13 Apr 2010 The world's super-yacht owners have a lot on their plate. Not only do they shoulder yearly management costs of up to 20% of their yacht's value, but they also have to find a berth for their boat - which can cost up to €2,900 ($3937) a night, according to new research on the top 10 most expensive marinas. Portofino, Italy The Italian resorts of Capri, Porto Cervo and Portofino (pictured) topped the
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