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Thinking of alien creatures but
Most people will probably only see the appearance of a turtle without really knowing what it is like in their body.
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Oceanography
The poisonous sea turtles of the jellyfish eat voraciously
Ocean marine biologist Johnny Gaskell shot a young green sea turtle tearing jellyfish tentacles as food in shallow waters around Hook Island, Queenland state.
Oceanography
For the first time, the species of
For the first time in history, researchers have found evidence of pollinators of aquatic ecosystems and that they work like bees on the ground.
Oceanography
The world's most bizarre discovery: Self-luminous sea turtles
Divers have discovered an extremely rare, shimmering tortoise tortoise swimming off the Solomon Islands, in the South Pacific waters.
Oceanography
Sea turtles are painful when the 12cm suction tube is removed from the nose
The clip back to the whole process of pulling the plastic straw tightly into the nostril, the turtle has received great attention from the online community right after a…
Oceanography
How do sea turtles find their eggs?
The female turtle swims back to where they were born to spawn using special magnetic signs along the coast.
Oceanography
Scary jaws of leather turtles
Inverted sharp spines in the throat in both the upper jaw and lower jaw are characteristics that help the leather turtle hold food in its mouth.
Oceanography
Unknown story about giant turtle, weighing nearly 1 ton
Sea turtle Dermochelys coriacea, known as the largest turtle on the planet.
Oceanography
The only marine turtle hospital in the world
A village in Hainan Province (China) has the world's only sea turtle floating hospital to care for this endangered animal, according to UPI news agency.
Oceanography
Catch 150kg turtle in Quang Ninh
According to Vu Trong Nhien, 56 years old, living in Quang Ha town, Hai Ha district, on March 20, many people dragged each other into the boat of a fisherman named Son w…
Oceanography
Revealing the strange sex life of the extremely rare turtle
Previously, the sex life of the extinct Hawksbill sea turtle was always unknown to scientists. Now, this question has been answered.
Oceanography
Catch sea turtles weighing over 300kg
Around 8 am 9/11, while fishing in the area about 500m from the shore, fishermen Ngo Minh Hoa, residing in Ngu Thuy Trung commune, Le Thuy district (Quang Binh) discover…
Oceanography
Philippine Navy saves sea turtles
The Navy and the Philippine environmental workers saved 14 sea turtles after they caught the poachers' nets. AFP said the Philippine Department of Environment staff and…
Oceanography
Trace the leather turtle by satellite
Using satellites to track journeys and traces of leather turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) is a new discovery promising to effectively support the conservation of rare turt…
Oceanography
Turtle lays eggs 'heat resistance'
British scientists claim that some species of sea turtles have evolved to produce heat-resistant eggs to deal with hot sand on beaches that are inhabited by them.