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Old 10-04-2017, 04:40 PM   #1
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Hurricane exposes and washes away thousands of sea turtle nests

Marine biologists have released estimates of sea turtle nests lost to Hurricane Irma, finding that 56 percent of green turtle nests and 24 percent of loggerhead nests were lost within Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge. Both are endangered species. The losses put a damper on what had been a record year for green turtle nesting.



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Old 10-04-2017, 08:26 PM   #2
Robert Walker
This is a bummer
 
Old 10-05-2017, 12:49 PM   #3
AbsoluteApril
that is sad news
 

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