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Biologist Elizabeth Flores Breton 's Interview

Elizabeth Flores Breton, a founding biologist of EcoPlan 's sea turtle protection program in Cabo San Lucas, believes strongly in conservation and protecting our natural resources in rational ways. Breton was born in Mexico City but discovered Cabo San Lucas about two years prior to our filming and commented, "In this area, taking care of nature is critical because we have the presence of many horseback riding tours and people who come in on their vehicles; sea turtle predation in this area has been going on for years, and it is important to start a conservation program for these animals."

Biologist Lara Cibeles, Leader of Planet Ecology and Conservation Camp

Biologist Lara Cibeles, who …show more content…

Areas where vehicles compact the sand are too dense for turtles to nest. The biologists can often find turtle tracks that haven 't been washed away by weather and beach activity. Our video shows the parallel marks of turtle tracks. Clues are important because adult turtles try to camouflage their nests. When nests are found, the biologists enter information on field cards about the number of eggs, species, whether eggs are broken, temperature of the nest and whether the eggs are polarized. If the eggs have progressed to where a shell forms, the yolk has polarized and begun developing into a baby turtle. These eggs are left in the nest, which the team monitors, patrols and tries to protect. The biologists also mark the nests from which the eggs have been removed so that other researchers from the sea turtle protection program know that the nest has already been …show more content…

Incredible Facts About Prehistoric Sea Turtles and Mexico

Sea turtles were alive at the beginning of the Mesozoic Era 225 million years ago and survived the rise and extinction of the dinosaurs. Six of the seven surviving species are threatened by humanity. Threats to the reptiles include high attrition rates for hatchlings, loss of nesting sites, poaching, coastal development, pollution and accidental entanglement in fishing nets.

These magnificent but fragile reptiles need air to breathe and places to nest on land, but they 're well-adapted to survive in oceans. The leatherback sea turtle often grows to more than 1,000 pounds, and some turtles live as long as 100 years or more. Mexico is home to more surviving sea turtles than any country in the world, so its citizens and businesses bear an especially powerful incentive to safeguard the reptiles because they 're good for the planet, good for Mexico and good

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In the article, Sufficiency of Horseshoe Crab Eggs for Red Knots during Spring Migration Stopover in Delaware Bay USA, it is argued that the survival of Red Knots is reliant on the nutrition of horseshoe crab eggs. However, it appears that the overharvesting of the horseshoe crab eggs dictate the Red Knot population during their spring stopover. The management of horseshoe crab eggs will ensure the availability to Red Knots, which are dependent on them for endurance during their migratory flight to the Artic.

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The Bean Trees “The Bean Trees” was written by Barbara Kingsolver, a novelist, poet, and essayist. She was born on April 8, 1955. Kingsolver was raised in eastern Kentucky but now resides in Tucson, Arizona with her husband and children. The purpose of “The Bean Trees” is to inform people of the hardships of the real world and to promote social change.

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You know one of the reasons they never built the wall along the southern border to stop drugs and people and everything from coming in. The environmental impact study, they couldn’t get it approved. It’s true and this was a while ago. They couldn’t get an environmental impact study approved to build a wall to save lives, to be good for our economy, to stop drug traffic. They couldn’t get it because a snail or a turtle or a snake was in the way.

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The obstacles the turtle encounters are determined and tireless. In spite of his worn aspects of life,he keeps himself steady. In the short story it says “The underside of the shell was creamy yellow,clean and smooth”. His hind feet, swaying powerful in the struggle to keep his front feet on the ground (Steinbeck 759)

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When the red ant gets inside of the shell, the turtle reacted by protecting itself, bringing its legs, head and tail inside its shell. The turtle would be vulnerable to everything around it without shell. The author states: “For a moment the turtle rested. A red ant ran into the shell, into the soft skin inside shell, and suddenly head and legs snapped in, and the armoured tail clamped in sideways. The red ant was crushed between boy and legs.”

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They will build a nest out of sticks that is very large. They will line the nest with roots and grass. They build their nest in trees 3 to 20m off the

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Although on land but it also needs water. The size of the turtle's body can be as small as a baby's fist up to 4m in diameter. That’s why the turtle needs a fairly large area if we keep it from small to large. Long turtle life time, up to hundreds of years can be a satisfaction and pride for the owner. Seeing the growing from small to adult would be fun but definitely the bigger the more trouble taking care of its.

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Also while in the pursuit for a mate the Coots will splash around in the water and make chirping type calls to each other. Once a mate has been found and courtship occurs, the male and female will build a nest together. These nests are floating nests at the edges of marshes, swamps, or ponds. The nest is sturdy and will not float away because it is held down by vegetation the Coots can find.

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Turtles are reptiles of the order testudines. They have a bony or cartilage hard shell that is used as a shield for protection against other predators. They are one of the oldest and ancient reptile groups topping snakes and crocodiles. Another adaptation is that they are able to pull themselves into their shells. Their shells are also very good camouflage being the colors dull

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Imagine if you may, that you have entered a time warp and traveled 182 years back in time… You have just graduated from university with a Bachelor’s degree in Theology. Somehow you lucked out and were selected to join of group of scientists on an expedition to map an uncharted region of South America. After having traveled a long, treacherous voyage from England on a 90 ft. long wooden ship with two large sails, your research vessel nears a remote island archipelago far away from the South American mainland. As the ship nears the island, you witness many sea lions, black iguanas and giant tortoises on the beach or on volcanic rocks basking in the sun.

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While sharks are perhaps the most well-known member of the taxonomic class elasmobranch, stingrays also represent a relatively large and important percentage of the phylum. Traditionally, however, this class of fish has largely been overlooked within the scientific community and the general population, resulting in the existence of little reliable information on these fish. With Caribbean islands moving increasingly towards a reliance on stingray populations to support their tourism industry, and the development of a pet trade centered on freshwater stingray populations, though, this gap in scientific knowledge and the drastic consequences that can accompany it are becoming increasingly exposed. For example, work with the Cayman Islands southern

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Armed with 9 kilometer beaches adorned with of one the world’s largest coral reef, going here will make you see nature in a different way. In Isla Iguana, living is dominated by the creatures of the wild. If you are getting lucky, you may even see one of the five species of turtles that visit the island once every year. Isla de Canas (9) (10) This is where turtles lay their eggs happening between the months of November till July.

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Even with the great effort which has been put into stoping the spread of animals and plants from the tourists by the Galapaganean government, not all of the invaders can be stopped, and this problem is only exacerbated with the increase in island visitors. The damage caused by animal introduction can be seen clearly in the case of tortoises. Tortoises are very vulnerable when they are young. Rats who come as stowaways on boats will eat the eggs of tortoises while dogs will grab hold of baby tortoises and kill them.

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Through this incredible work, there are now over 1,000 of these magnificent animals back in the wild and thousands more looked after by zoos worldwide. ”(CSA, page 1) “In 1975 the wild population of the Puerto Rican parrot was down to just 13 birds. Part of the problem is that the parrots are particularly vulnerable to hurricanes: When careful protection had the wild population up to 47 in 1989, more than half were wiped out by Hurricane

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