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Cruise ship releasing 45 green sea turtles off Big Isle - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii\'s Newspaper
Forty-five green sea turtles were to be released from a cruise ship into the deep sea off the east side of the Big Island last night in a collaboration between NCL America and NOAA's Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center..
The 5-month-old turtles, which have been raised at Sea Life Park, are the result of the park's captive breeding program..
It is the second release of turtles from an NCL America ship.
In October, four turtles were released carrying satellite tags..
That project, done in conjunction with Hawai'i Preparatory Academy, NOAA and Sea Life Park, tracked the turtles, and their movements can be viewed on the HPA Web site at www.hpa.edu/turtle.html ..
One of the turtles left its release point north of Kaua'i, swam to the north shore of Kaua'i, cruised around the west side of the island, took a big curving course to the south side of O'ahu, then headed north from Makapu'u for about 100 miles, and then west.
Another turtle passed south of Nihoa and was far west of Kaua'i at last check.


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Fact About Marine Turtles, Endangered Turtles, Sea Turtles
Having traveled the seas for over 100 million years, marine turtles have outlived almost all of the prehistoric animals with which they once shared the planet.
Marine turtles survived the extinction of the dinosaurs and are still present in the world's oceans today.
Check the progress of tagged Olive Ridley turtles in this Flash-based presentation, brought to you by WWF Australia.
Until recently, their success was apparent, as marine turtles crawled ashore to nest in abundance on tropical and subtropical beaches around the globe.
Unfortunately threats like hunting for meat, shell and eggs; habitat destruction; fisheries bycatch; pollution; boat strikes; and introduced predators have wiped out entire turtle populations, or reduced them to mere shadows of their former glory.
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Green sea turtle
These turtles are well-suited to a life at sea.
The shells of sea turtles are lighter and more hydrodynamic than the shells of turtles that live on land, allowing them to glide easily through water.
Because their feet have evolved into flippers, sea turtles are able to swim long distances.
Adult male sea turtles live their entire lives at sea.
Unlike other turtles, sea turtles are unable to pull their heads (or appendages) into their shells.
Green sea turtles have a serrated beak for tearing vegetation.
The vegetarian diet gives their fat a greenish color, which is how the green sea turtle got its name.
When visiting the Aquarium, you'll notice that our Green sea turtle is missing a front flipper.
Our turtle was rescued by the Riverhead Marine Foundation off Long Island, New York.
MARP determined that the flipper must be amputated to save the turtle's life.
The turtle adapted to life in the exhibit and visitors will see that it is very active, in spite of the missing flipper.
Juvenile Green sea turtles are carnivorous, feeding on jellyfish and other invertebrates.
As adults, however, greens are the only herbivorous (vegetarian) sea turtle, feeding on sea grasses and algae.

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Flatback Sea Turtle The harder-to-pronounce (scientific) name: Natator depressus Not much seems to be known about the flatback turtle ...
It may also be hard to spot because, like other sea turtles, it can stay underwater for as long as two hours if it's resting.
If the turtle is active, it must swim to the ocean surface to breathe every few minutes.
The flatback has the smallest range of all the sea turtles, followed by the Kemp's ridley.
In fact, the flatback turtle 'wins' the award for letting us know the least about it.
This may be a good thing for the flatback turtle since although sea turtles have existed for 180 million years, as human populations increased turtle populations dropped and some may soon become extinct.
For centuries, people have used sea turtle meat and eggs for food and skin for leather.
Unfortunately, turtles have been overhunted and are accidentally caught in fishing nets.
People are helping now though by protecting sea turtle habitats and nesting beaches.
Measures like these may help the world's sea turtles survive for the future.
Green Sea Turtle The harder-to-pronounce (scientific) name: Chelonia mydas Strange, but the green sea turtle is not that green.

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