2009 was bad year for the Loggerhead Turtle
Loggerheads are named for their relatively large heads with powerful jaws for feeding on hard-shelled prey. The top shell is slightly heart-shaped and reddish-brown, while the bottom shell is pale yellow. The neck and flippers are usually brown on top and yellow on the sides and bottom.
Florida accounts for nearly 90 percent of loggerhead nesting in the U.S., but nesting activity there has declined 40 percent in the last decade with 2009 marking the fourth lowest season on record.
The turtles face destructive fishing gear and increasing pollution wherever they forage. Their nesting beaches are being developed for human habitation in Florida.
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We need to send campaigners to Capitol Hill to convince Congress to pass needed protections for sea turtles, so populations do not continue to decline. You can help make this happen.
Help them raise $20,000 by November 1 to support their work to gain comprehensive protections for Sea Turtles in Congress. Any amount will help.
We are losing 135 species per day. Try to save one. This one.
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3 comments:
awww, i love wildlife =)
It's tragic we have to lose 135 species per hari.Penyu which species should be beautiful and this one should be maintained.
@john-there are a lot less of them than when I was young and we lose more each day.
@eric-they all have a place on the Earth.
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