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23 hours ago · Species of the genus Gopherus can tolerate both below freezing and over 40 °C (104 °F) in body temperature, though they are most active at 26–34 °C (79–93 °F). Conservation Many turtles have been killed accidentally in fishing nets. Some trawlers now use nets fitted with turtle excluders.
- Turtle (Disambiguation)
Turtle Mountain (Alberta), Canada United States. Turtle,...
- Cryptodira
Skull of a cryptodiran turtle from the family Emydidae...
- Platysternidae
They are not strong swimmers, and when swimming, this...
- Snapping Turtles
The Chelydridae is a family of turtles that has seven...
- Chersobius Signatus
Many are taken from their natural habitat each year, and...
- Brumation
During winter dormancy, plant metabolism comes to a virtual...
- List of Testudines Families
There are fourteen extant families of the order Testudines,...
- Sea Turtles
Sea turtles (superfamily Chelonioidea), sometimes called...
- Turtle (Disambiguation)
23 hours ago · They also devised new techniques for catching fish, such as fish hooks, nets, and harpoons. Around 5000 BC, people on the shores of Lake Superior (in Minnesota and portions of what is now Michigan, Wisconsin, and Canada) were the first on the continent to begin making metal tools. Pieces of ore with high concentrations of copper were initially ...
23 hours ago · Extinction is the termination of a taxon by the death of its last member. A taxon may become functionally extinct before the death of its last member if it loses the capacity to reproduce and recover. Because a species' potential range may be very large, determining this moment is difficult, and is usually done retrospectively.
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23 hours ago · A dog with rabies, a zoonosis. A zoonosis ( / zoʊˈɒnəsɪs, ˌzoʊəˈnoʊsɪs /; [1] plural zoonoses) or zoonotic disease is an infectious disease of humans caused by a pathogen (an infectious agent, such as a bacterium, virus, parasite, or prion) that can jump from a non-human (usually a vertebrate) to a human and vice versa. [1] [2] [3]
23 hours ago · .fish Seafood markets, restaurants & suppliers, sport fishing & fly fishing enthusiasts, fishing gear, tackle, & product manufacturers, travel outfitters & fishing guide companies, aquariums, pet & fish supply stores, marine biology programs & conservation organizations
23 hours ago · The whale shark is the largest living fish, with one large female reported with a precaudal length of 15 meters (49 ft) and an estimated total length of 18.8 meters (62 ft). It is possible that different populations of megalodon around the globe had different body sizes and behaviors due to different ecological pressures.
23 hours ago · Food security is the state of having reliable access to a sufficient quantity of affordable, nutritious food. The availability of food for people of any class, gender or religion is another element of food security. Similarly, household food security is considered to exist when all the members of a family, at all times, have access to enough ...
