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Threat to the Leatherback Turtle

Author : Bonnie Hinman
Publisher : Mitchell Lane
ISBN 13 : 1545749795
Total Pages : 35 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (457 download)

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Download or read book Threat to the Leatherback Turtle written by Bonnie Hinman and published by Mitchell Lane. This book was released on 2020-02-04 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leatherbacks are sometimes called the last of the dinosaurs because their ancient ancestors lived when the dinosaurs did. Their ability to swim long distances may be one of the reasons they survived whatever killed most of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago. In modern times, one leatherback swam from Indonesia to Oregon. It had traveled 12,774 miles in 647 days, the longest distance ever tracked for a marine animalThese sea turtles are also known for returning to the same nesting sites from which they hatched. Hatchling leatherbacks make a mad dash from the sand to the sea to avoid air and land predators. While gains have been made to improve the turtles' chances against commercial fishing techniques, humans have continued building on nesting beaches and polluting the oceans. Find out what other threats the leatherbacks face, and what you can do to help protect these endangered reptiles of the sea.

Leatherback Sea Turtle

Author : Rod Theodorou
Publisher : Capstone Classroom
ISBN 13 : 9781588104472
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Leatherback Sea Turtle written by Rod Theodorou and published by Capstone Classroom. This book was released on 2001-07-01 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn why leatherback sea turtles are endangered, where they live, how many there are, and what people are doing to save them. See leatherback sea turtles in their habitat, and learn what they eat, and how they treat their babies.

Sea turtles in the Mediterranean : Distribution, threats and conservation priorities

Author : Paolo Casale
Publisher : IUCN
ISBN 13 : 2831712408
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (317 download)

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Download or read book Sea turtles in the Mediterranean : Distribution, threats and conservation priorities written by Paolo Casale and published by IUCN. This book was released on 2010 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Tigers in Danger

Author : Michael Portman
Publisher : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
ISBN 13 : 1433958112
Total Pages : 26 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (339 download)

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Download or read book Tigers in Danger written by Michael Portman and published by Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP. This book was released on 2011-08-01 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They’re powerful, fierce carnivores...and they need our help. Tigers are in very real danger of extinction. Hundreds of years of people hunting tigers and destroying their habitats have drastically reduced their numbers. Now, several countries and wildlife groups have teamed up to save the remaining tigers prowling the forests of Asia. This volume is filled with vivid photographs and fun fact boxes, helping readers learn about the six subspecies of tigers, their behaviors, and the recent efforts to save them.

Sea Turtles of the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States

Author : Carol Ruckdeschel
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
ISBN 13 : 082034446X
Total Pages : 151 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book Sea Turtles of the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States written by Carol Ruckdeschel and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2012-03-15 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by two of the Southeast's foremost authorities on sea turtle conservation, this is an accessible, fully illustrated guide to the species that frequent the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States. No one who encounters a sea turtle soon forgets it. The leatherback, for instance, can grow to huge proportions, commonly approaching eight feet in length and more than half a ton in weight. Powerful swimmers, they are also among the deepest divers of all air-breathing sea creatures. Despite these assets, the survival of the leatherback, like that of all sea turtle species, is under constant threat from commercial fishing operations, overdevelopment of nesting grounds, pollution, and predation by introduced species. The guide opens with comprehensive coverage of the sea turtle's evolution, juvenile and adult life cycles, nesting, diet and feeding, disease and parasites, predators, and conservation issues. Each subsequent chapter is dedicated to a particular turtle species: loggerhead, leatherback, Kemp's ridley, green sea turtle, hawksbill, and olive ridley. The account of each species describes distribution, habitats, general appearance, life history and behavior, and conservation. For each species, photographs of hatchlings and adults and a map showing distribution and migration provide further information. Sea turtles have been swimming the seas for one hundred million years. Yet all of the species in this book—indeed, all sea turtles worldwide—are on U.S. and international endangered lists. Biologists Carol Ruckdeschel and C. Robert Shoop have dedicated their careers to learning about sea turtles—and to ensuring that we understand that we are stakeholders in the fate of these ancient creatures. With this guide in hand, readers will be better equipped to understand sea turtle biology and support sea turtle conservation efforts.

Leatherback Seaturtle

Author : Paddy Muir
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 4 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Leatherback Seaturtle written by Paddy Muir and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The leatherback seaturtle is the world's largest reptile. It is significantly larger than all other marine turtles"--p. [1].

An Assessment of the Leatherback Turtle Population in the Atlantic Ocean

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book An Assessment of the Leatherback Turtle Population in the Atlantic Ocean written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Decline of the Sea Turtles

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 030904247X
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Decline of the Sea Turtles written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1990-02-01 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores in detail threats to the world's sea turtle population to provide sound, scientific conclusions on which dangers are greatest and how they can be addressed most effectively. Offering a fascinating and informative overview of five sea turtle species, the volume discusses sea turtles' feeding habits, preferred nesting areas, and migration routes; examines their status in U.S. waters; and cites examples of conservation measures under way and under consideration.

Assessment of Sea-Turtle Status and Trends

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309152550
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Assessment of Sea-Turtle Status and Trends written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2010-10-07 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All six species of sea turtles found in U.S. waters are listed as endangered or threatened, but the exact population sizes of these species are unknown due to a lack of key information regarding birth and survival rates. The U.S. Endangered Species Act prohibits the hunting of sea turtles and reduces incidental losses from activities such as shrimp trawling and development on beaches used for nesting. However, current monitoring does not provide enough information on sea turtle populations to evaluate the effectiveness of these protective measures. Sea Turtle Status and Trends reviews current methods for assessing sea turtle populations and finds that although counts of sea turtles are essential, more detailed information on sea turtle biology, such as survival rates and breeding patterns, is needed to predict and understand changes in populations in order to develop successful management and conservation plans.

Leatherback Sea Turtles

Author : Jody Sullivan Rake
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 1515731383
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (157 download)

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Download or read book Leatherback Sea Turtles written by Jody Sullivan Rake and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2015-12-21 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leatherback sea turtles face one of their lives' biggest challenges as soon as they're hatched. Crawling out of their eggs on the sandy shore, they hurry to the sea in a race to escape those who see them as a tasty meal. If they survive and thrive, they can grow longer than an adult male is tall and weigh as much as a small car! Learn more about these amazing animals, including where they live, what they eat, the many challenges they face in their lives, and what you can do to help.

The Leatherback Turtle

Author : James R. Spotila
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 142141709X
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (214 download)

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Download or read book The Leatherback Turtle written by James R. Spotila and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2015-10-30 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most comprehensive book ever written on leatherback sea turtles. Weighing as much as 2,000 pounds and reaching lengths of over seven feet, leatherback turtles are the world’s largest reptile. These unusual sea turtles have a thick, pliable shell that helps them to withstand great depths—they can swim more than one thousand meters below the surface in search of food. And what food source sustains these goliaths? Their diet consists almost exclusively of jellyfish, a meal they crisscross the oceans to find. Leatherbacks have been declining in recent decades, and some predict they will be gone by the end of this century. Why? Because of two primary factors: human redevelopment of nesting beaches and commercial fishing. There are only twenty-nine index beaches in the world where these turtles nest, and there is immense pressure to develop most of them into homes or resorts. At the same time, longline and gill net fisheries continue to overwhelm waters frequented by leatherbacks. In The Leatherback Turtle, James R. Spotila and Pilar Santidrián Tomillo bring together the world’s leading experts to produce a volume that reveals the biology of the leatherback while putting a spotlight on the conservation problems and solutions related to the species. The book leaves us with options: embark on the conservation strategy laid out within its pages and save one of nature’s most splendid creations, or watch yet another magnificent species disappear.

Animals in Danger the Leatherback Sea Turtle

Author : Kris Bonnell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781608923151
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (231 download)

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Download or read book Animals in Danger the Leatherback Sea Turtle written by Kris Bonnell and published by . This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Recovery Plan for U.S. Pacific Populations of the Leatherback Turtle (Dermochelys Coriacea)

Author : Pacific Sea Turtle Recovery Team (U.S.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Recovery Plan for U.S. Pacific Populations of the Leatherback Turtle (Dermochelys Coriacea) written by Pacific Sea Turtle Recovery Team (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Sea Turtles' Race to the Sea

Author : Kathy Allen
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 1429654023
Total Pages : 18 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (296 download)

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Download or read book Sea Turtles' Race to the Sea written by Kathy Allen and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2011 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Describes the sea turtle and its disappearing habitat"--Provided by publisher.

Voyage of the Turtle

Author : Carl Safina
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
ISBN 13 : 1429900865
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book Voyage of the Turtle written by Carl Safina and published by Henry Holt and Company. This book was released on 2007-04-01 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of an ancient sea turtle and what its survival says about our future, from the award-winning writer and naturalist Though nature is indifferent to the struggles of her creatures, the human effect on them is often premeditated. The distressing decline of sea turtles in Pacific waters and their surprising recovery in the Atlantic illuminate what can go both wrong and right from our interventions, and teach us the lessons that can be applied to restore health to the world's oceans and its creatures. As Voyage of the Turtle, Carl Safina's compelling natural history adventure makes clear, the fate of the astonishing leatherback turtle, whose ancestry can be traced back 125 million years, is in our hands. Writing with verve and color, Safina describes how he and his colleagues track giant pelagic turtles across the world's oceans and onto remote beaches of every continent. As scientists apply lessons learned in the Atlantic and Caribbean to other endangered seas, Safina follows leatherback migrations, including a thrilling journey from Monterey, California, to nesting grounds on the most remote beaches of Papua, New Guinea. The only surviving species of its genus, family, and suborder, the leatherback is an evolutionary marvel: a "reptile" that behaves like a warm-blooded dinosaur, an ocean animal able to withstand colder water than most fishes and dive deeper than any whale. In his peerless prose, Safina captures the delicate interaction between these gentle giants and the humans who are finally playing a significant role in their survival. "Magnificent . . . A joyful, hopeful book. Safina gives us ample reasons to be enthralled by this astonishing ancient animal—and ample reasons to care." -- The Los Angeles Times

The Leatherback Turtle

Author : James R. Spotila
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 1421417081
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (214 download)

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Leatherback Sea Turtle Migration

Author : Kelsey Jopp
Publisher : North Star Editions, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1641852135
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (418 download)

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Download or read book Leatherback Sea Turtle Migration written by Kelsey Jopp and published by North Star Editions, Inc.. This book was released on 2018-08-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains what causes leatherback sea turtles to migrate. Beautiful photos, fact-filled text, and helpful infographics help readers learn all about the science behind this phenomenon as well as ways that people study or protect it.