Saturday, February 19, 2011

Vocabulary Answers Level E Sadlier Oxford

a rare leatherback turtle appeared in Sumatra


ridley turtles ( Dermochelys coriacea ) appeared in one of the coast of Sumatra. Leatherback turtle is one of the turtles are very rare and belong to the most endangered species. Khairul

Amra, a member of a local conservation group, on Thursday (17/02/2011) told the AP that he saw the turtle over the weekend before the turtle was returned to the water. Khairul said, he found dozens of sea turtles along the turtle eggs laid.
been 3 times the experts found the turtle species in the same beach. Leatherback turtle is a species that has been wandering the oceans for 100 million years. However, today the number of leatherback turtles, only about 30,000 pieces.

rare fauna found Sumatra has a size of 3 meters, the maximum size of the turtle species that can grow. The existence of this species is endangered by poaching eggs and commercial fisheries.
Source: AP / Compass

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