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Dictionary
turtle : any of an order (Testudines synonym Chelonia) of terrestrial, freshwater, and marine reptiles that have a toothless horny beak and a shell of bony dermal plates usually covered with horny shields enclosing the trunk and into which the head, limbs, and tail usually may be withdrawn — Webster
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Turtles are reptiles of the order Testudines (or Chelonii) characterised by a special bony or cartilaginous shell developed from their ribs and acting as a shield. The order Testudines includes both extant (living) and extinct species. The earliest known members of this group date from 157 million years ago, making turtles one of the oldest reptile groups and a more ancient group than snakes or crocodilians. Of the 327 known species alive today, some are highly endangered.
Turtles are ectotherms—animals commonly called cold-blooded—meaning that their internal temperature varies according to the ambient environment. However, because of their high metabolic rate, leatherback sea turtles have a body temperature that is noticeably higher than that of the surrounding water.
Turtles are classified as amniotes, along with other reptiles, birds, and mammals. Like other amniotes, turtles breathe air and do not lay eggs underwater, although many species live in or around water. — Wikipedia
Portal
The Turtles Portal (Wikipedia)
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Inspiration
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Swimming with turtles at Sipadan, Borneo (Tim Ecott, Wonderlust)
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Innovation
Science
How Do Sea Turtles Find the Exact Beach Where They Were Born? (Carrie Arnold, National Geographic)
Sea turtle migration (Wikipedia)
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Preservation
Turtle Conservancy (Official Website)
Turtle Conservancy (YouTube Channel)
The survival of the sea turtle (Scott Gass, TED-Ed)
Information About Sea Turtles, Their Habitats and Threats to Their Survival (Sea Turtle Conservancy)
Sea Turtle (Wikipedia)
Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle (Sea Turtle Conservancy)
Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle (Wikipedia)
History
An ancestral turtle from the Late Triassic of southwestern China (Chun Li, et al., Nature)
Quotation
Museum
Library
WorldCat, Library of Congress, UPenn Online Books, Open Library
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Participation
Education
Course
OER Commons: Open Educational Resources
Community
Event
May 23 is World Turtle Day (Wikipedia)
News
Turtle Conservancy News, The New York Times, Phys.org, NPR Archives
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Government
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Expression
Fiction
List of Fictional Turtles (Wikipedia)
Poem
OEDILF: The Omnificent English Dictionary In Limerick Form
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- Turtles freed in Tunisia with tracking monitoron May 22, 2022 at 1:31 pm
Three rescued loggerhead turtles were released into the Mediterranean off Tunisia on Sunday, one with a tracking beacon glued to its shell to help researchers better protect the threatened species.
- Nearly 8,000-year-old skull found in Minnesota...on May 22, 2022 at 6:44 am
A partial skull that was discovered last summer by two kayakers in Minnesota will be returned to Native American officials after investigations determined it was about 8,000 years old.
- Light pollution can disorient monarch butterflieson May 20, 2022 at 7:00 pm
Besides planting milkweed in the garden, people interested in helping monarch butterflies might want to turn off the porch light.
- Study finds why baby leatherback marine turtles...on May 19, 2022 at 5:47 pm
When sea turtle hatchlings emerge from their nests, typically at night, they crawl toward the ocean in what is known as "seafinding." They have to discriminate between the brighter seaward versus a dimmer landward horizon and then move toward the source of the light. That difference in radiance between opposing horizons enables them to find the ocean even when the uneven surface of the beach precludes a direct view of the sea, at least for a small hatchling.
- Waiting for the water train in scorching Indiaon May 17, 2022 at 8:48 am
Afroz misses school every day to spend hours waiting with a handcart full of containers for a special train bringing precious water to people suffering a heatwave in India's desert state of Rajasthan.
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Sphere Land, Ice, Water (Ocean), Air
Ecosystem Forest, Grassland, Desert, Arctic, Aquatic
Life Cell, Gene, Tree of Life
Microorganism
Plant Flower, Tree
Animal
Invertebrate Cuttlefish, Octopus, Ant, Bee, Butterfly, Spider, Lobster
Vertebrate Fish, Seahorse, Ray, Shark, Frog, Turtle, Tortoise, Dinosaur
Bird, Ostrich, Owl, Crow, Parrot
Mammal Bat, Rabbit, Giraffe, Camel, Horse, Elephant, Mammoth
Whale, Dolphin, Walrus, Seal, Polar Bear, Bear, Cat, Tiger, Lion, Dog, Wolf
Monkey, Chimpanzee, Human
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Notes
1. The resources on this page are are organized by a classification scheme developed exclusively for Cosma.