Green Sea Turtles

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The paper discusses how Green Sea Turtles are an endangered species of reptiles, with humans as the prime factor in their decline. The paper shows how Green Sea Turtles are of great environmental value; they play key roles in at least two ecosystems and are invaluable to humans. The paper relates that in the Southeast United States, major attempts to save Green Sea Turtles are made. People are trying hard to ensure nesting areas for turtles and incidental mortality has been significantly reduced. The paper comments, however, that there is still more that could be done.

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"Green Sea Turtles are, just as the majority of modern reptiles, cold-blooded (their body temperature is not constant, it depends on the environment) animals, covered in a bony shell that protects them from being attacked by predators. This shell covers both the belly and the back of the turtles (the ventral and dorsal parts), as they are known to be slow-moving animals with no other defense system."
"Although sea turtles basically have to crawl their heavy bodies on land, they are rapid swimmers - their front and rear limbs have developed into flippers, allowing them to cover up to 35 mph underwater; also, their shells are lighter and streamlined then the ones of land turtles, and more aero dynamical."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Sea Turtle. Wikipedia - the free encyclopedia. On the Internet at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_turtle. information Retrieved November 3, 2006
• Schweitzer, Veronica S. The Struggle of the Ancients. August 1997. On the Internet at http://www.coffeetimes.com/aug97.htm. information Retrieved November 3, 2006
• http://www.earthtrust.org/wlcurric/turtles.html. information Retrieved November 3, 2006
• Species Fact Sheet: Green Sea Turtle. http://www.cccturtle.org/sea-turtle-information.php?page=green. information Retrieved November 3, 2006

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