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  2. Sea turtle migration - Wikipedia

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    Sea turtle migration is the long-distance movements of sea turtles (superfamily Chelonioidea) notably the long-distance movement of adults to their breeding beaches, but also the offshore migration of hatchings. Sea turtle hatchings emerge from underground nests and crawl across the beach towards the sea.

  3. Sea turtle - Wikipedia

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    7) Baby sea turtles incubate for 60–80 days and hatch. 8) Newly hatched baby sea turtles emerge from nests and travel from the shore to the water. 9) Baby sea turtles mature in the ocean until they are ready to begin the cycle again. Sea turtles are thought to reach sexual maturity from about 10−20 years old depending on species and ...

  4. Galápagos tortoise - Wikipedia

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    The relatively immobile and defenceless tortoises were collected and stored live on board ships, where they could survive for at least a year without food or water (some anecdotal reports suggest individuals surviving two years [135]), providing valuable fresh meat, while their diluted urine and the water stored in their neck bags could be used ...

  5. Giant tortoise - Wikipedia

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    These tortoises can weigh as much as 417 kg (919 lb) and can grow to be 1.3 m (4 ft 3 in) long. Giant tortoises originally made their way to islands from the mainland via oceanic dispersal. Tortoises are aided in such dispersal by their ability to float with their heads up and to survive for up to six months without food or fresh water. [3]

  6. Rule of threes (survival) - Wikipedia

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    One person was purported to survive 7 days in the desert, 6 of these without water, without suffering heat stroke as the temperature reached no higher than 103.2 °F (39.6 °C) during his ordeal. [9] However, he had reached the third stage of dehydration, which is 80-90% fatal; this likely represents an upper limit of survival at high temperatures.

  7. Physiology of underwater diving - Wikipedia

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    The physiology of underwater diving is the physiological adaptations to diving of air-breathing vertebrates that have returned to the ocean from terrestrial lineages. They are a diverse group that include sea snakes, sea turtles, the marine iguana, saltwater crocodiles, penguins, pinnipeds, cetaceans, sea otters, manatees and dugongs.

  8. Nearly 1,000 sea turtles wash up on Cape beaches each year ...

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    A satellite tagged loggerhead turtle pushes its way to the water at West Dennis Beach in July 2020, one of seven sea turtles released. The animals were all found cold-stunned on Cape Cod the ...

  9. Turtle - Wikipedia

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    Aquatic turtles mount in water, [88] [89] and female sea turtles support the mounting male while swimming and diving. [90] During copulation, the male turtle aligns his tail with the female's so he can insert his penis into her cloaca. [ 91 ]