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In 1987, Rouse was among a small army of locals who urged Palm Beach County to adopt a lighting ordinance to protect sea-turtle hatchlings born on beaches during sea-turtle nesting season. The ...
A book about Carr entitled The Man Who Saved Sea Turtles: Archie Carr and the Origins of Conservation was published in 2007 by Oxford University Press. This book was written by Frederick R. Davis, Assistant Professor of History at the Florida State University. Carr's work is referenced in the 1985 romantic-drama film Turtle Diary.
The Discworld is the fictional world where English writer Sir Terry Pratchett's Discworld fantasy novels take place. It consists of an interstellar planet-sized disc, which sits on the backs of four huge elephants, themselves standing on the back of a world turtle, named Great A'Tuin, as it slowly swims through space.
Urashima Tarō and princess of Horai, by Matsuki Heikichi (1899) Urashima Tarō (浦島 太郎) is the protagonist of a Japanese fairy tale (otogi banashi), who, in a typical modern version, is a fisherman rewarded for rescuing a sea turtle, and carried on its back to the Dragon Palace (Ryūgū-jō) beneath the sea.
A large family of 3 generations Grandparents parents and children had enjoyed a day on a beautiful beach in Devon. By late afternoon they had accumulated several piles of litter.
The book tells the story of a snapping turtle that hatches near the headwaters of the Mississippi River. She then goes on a journey down the river to Louisiana and the river's delta as the massive watercourse empties into the Gulf of Mexico. The turtle gets to see much of the Midwestern United States and American South along her way.
Ila Loetscher was inducted into the Iowa Aviation Hall of Fame in 1991. [3]In 2005, she was the first nominee to the Rio Grande Valley Walk of Fame. [5]Loetscher appeared in National Geographic documentaries and on numerous television shows, including The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, [9] Late Night with David Letterman, the Today Show, and Real People.
Khalil in 2019 at the sandy beach of Mansouri after the release of incubated sea turtle hatchlings into the sea. Mona al-Khalil (born 2 August 1949 in Lagos , Nigeria ), commonly known as Mona Khalil ( Arabic : منى خليل ) and sometimes transliterated as Mona el-Khalil , is a conservationist and environmentalist in Southern Lebanon , who ...