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'He's Obsessed': Man Gets Slapped By Turtle Underwater, Video Viral
Diver Christopher Chang captures a sea turtle persistently tailing and slapping him during a dive.
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Tourism Deal Puts One Of Egypt's Last Wild Shores At Risk
In Egypt's Wadi al-Gemal, where swimmers share a glistening bay with sea turtles, a shadowy tourism deal is threatening one of the Red Sea's last wild shores.
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3 Dead, 32 Hospitalised After Eating Endangered Sea Turtle In Philippines
Although hunting or consuming sea turtles is prohibited under the Philippines' environmental protection laws, these marine creatures continue to be consumed in some communities where they are considered a traditional delicacy.
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8 Children Die After Eating Sea Turtle Meat On Remote African Island
Notably, sea turtle meat is considered a delicacy in the region despite well-known food poisoning dangers.
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1.8 Lakh Olive Ridley Turtles Lay Eggs On 1st Day Of Nesting In Odisha
Over 1.8 lakh Olive Ridley turtles laid eggs on the first day of their mass nesting which started near the mouth of Rushikulya river a month ahead of last year's season, forest officials said on Friday.
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More Than 1.1 Million Sea Turtles Poached During Last 30 Years: Study
Scientists from Arizona State University have said in a new study that more than 1.1 million sea turtles have been illegally killed and in some cases trafficked in a 30-year period from 1990 to 2020.
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Is Climate Change Leading to Dearth of Male Sea Turtles in Florida?
Experts are divided on the climate change's impact on sea turtle species' survival. The sea turtles' sex is influenced by the sand's temperature where the eggs are buried. Male sea turtles are already a minority, outnumbered by about 10 to 1. And as the sand heats up, fewer and fewer males begin to grow.
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Japanese Fisherman Stabs To Death Dozens Of Protected Sea Turtles
A frustrated fisherman has confessed that he stabbed to death dozens of protected sea turtles on a southern Japanese island after they got caught in his fishing nets, local officials say.
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Green Sea Turtle Nesting Site Documented For First Time In Maharashtra
The Maharashtra forest department has documented a green sea turtle nesting site in the state for the first time, a marine biologist said on Sunday.
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Number Of Deaths Of Olive Ridley Turtles Declines In Odisha This Year: Official
The number of deaths of Olive Ridley sea turtles along the Odisha coast has come down this year as the state forest department has taken various measures for the protection of the endangered marine species and their habitats, an official said.
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Indonesian Baby Sea Turtles Make A Break For Freedom
Newly hatched, dozens of baby turtles flipped and flopped their way down a beach towards the crashing waves of the Indian Ocean, under the watchful gaze of conservationists at an Indonesian national park.
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160 Turtles Caught In Plastic Waste Rescued From Bangladesh Beach
About 160 sea turtles, many of them injured after getting entangled in plastic waste, have been rescued after washing up on one of the world's longest beaches in Bangladesh, an official and conservationists said Wednesday.
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"No Reproduction": Warming Climate Turning Baby Sea Turtles Into 1 Gender
She emerged from the ocean just before midnight, clambering up the shore as her ancestors have for 200 million years. Only stars glowed on this remote beach, where the sea turtle arrived to lay her eggs. She dodged plastic, fishing nets and oil spills to get this far. But another threat to her species lurks in the ground: sand temperatures that fos...
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Sea Turtle Found Impaled With A Spear Off US Coast
When a recreational boater found a sea turtle named Splinter off the coast of Key Largo, Florida, on Saturday, it was in a bad way
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Woman Seen Jabbing At Sea Turtle Nest With Wooden Stake Lands In Jail
A 41-year-old woman was arrested by Miami Beach police on Saturday in the attack of a sea turtle nest with a wooden stake.
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'He's Obsessed': Man Gets Slapped By Turtle Underwater, Video Viral
Diver Christopher Chang captures a sea turtle persistently tailing and slapping him during a dive.
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Tourism Deal Puts One Of Egypt's Last Wild Shores At Risk
In Egypt's Wadi al-Gemal, where swimmers share a glistening bay with sea turtles, a shadowy tourism deal is threatening one of the Red Sea's last wild shores.
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3 Dead, 32 Hospitalised After Eating Endangered Sea Turtle In Philippines
Although hunting or consuming sea turtles is prohibited under the Philippines' environmental protection laws, these marine creatures continue to be consumed in some communities where they are considered a traditional delicacy.
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8 Children Die After Eating Sea Turtle Meat On Remote African Island
Notably, sea turtle meat is considered a delicacy in the region despite well-known food poisoning dangers.
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1.8 Lakh Olive Ridley Turtles Lay Eggs On 1st Day Of Nesting In Odisha
Over 1.8 lakh Olive Ridley turtles laid eggs on the first day of their mass nesting which started near the mouth of Rushikulya river a month ahead of last year's season, forest officials said on Friday.
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More Than 1.1 Million Sea Turtles Poached During Last 30 Years: Study
Scientists from Arizona State University have said in a new study that more than 1.1 million sea turtles have been illegally killed and in some cases trafficked in a 30-year period from 1990 to 2020.
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Is Climate Change Leading to Dearth of Male Sea Turtles in Florida?
Experts are divided on the climate change's impact on sea turtle species' survival. The sea turtles' sex is influenced by the sand's temperature where the eggs are buried. Male sea turtles are already a minority, outnumbered by about 10 to 1. And as the sand heats up, fewer and fewer males begin to grow.
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Japanese Fisherman Stabs To Death Dozens Of Protected Sea Turtles
A frustrated fisherman has confessed that he stabbed to death dozens of protected sea turtles on a southern Japanese island after they got caught in his fishing nets, local officials say.
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Green Sea Turtle Nesting Site Documented For First Time In Maharashtra
The Maharashtra forest department has documented a green sea turtle nesting site in the state for the first time, a marine biologist said on Sunday.
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Number Of Deaths Of Olive Ridley Turtles Declines In Odisha This Year: Official
The number of deaths of Olive Ridley sea turtles along the Odisha coast has come down this year as the state forest department has taken various measures for the protection of the endangered marine species and their habitats, an official said.
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Indonesian Baby Sea Turtles Make A Break For Freedom
Newly hatched, dozens of baby turtles flipped and flopped their way down a beach towards the crashing waves of the Indian Ocean, under the watchful gaze of conservationists at an Indonesian national park.
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160 Turtles Caught In Plastic Waste Rescued From Bangladesh Beach
About 160 sea turtles, many of them injured after getting entangled in plastic waste, have been rescued after washing up on one of the world's longest beaches in Bangladesh, an official and conservationists said Wednesday.
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"No Reproduction": Warming Climate Turning Baby Sea Turtles Into 1 Gender
She emerged from the ocean just before midnight, clambering up the shore as her ancestors have for 200 million years. Only stars glowed on this remote beach, where the sea turtle arrived to lay her eggs. She dodged plastic, fishing nets and oil spills to get this far. But another threat to her species lurks in the ground: sand temperatures that fos...
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Sea Turtle Found Impaled With A Spear Off US Coast
When a recreational boater found a sea turtle named Splinter off the coast of Key Largo, Florida, on Saturday, it was in a bad way
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Woman Seen Jabbing At Sea Turtle Nest With Wooden Stake Lands In Jail
A 41-year-old woman was arrested by Miami Beach police on Saturday in the attack of a sea turtle nest with a wooden stake.
