Factoid/2003/02/18
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Leatherback Turtles in Big Trouble
- "They [Leatherback turtles] survived over 100 million years, through climate change and asteroid impacts, but they could become extinct in the next 10 to 20 years unless sufficient international cooperation is mounted to reverse this dramatic decline. There are probably fewer than 1,500 females nesting throughout the Pacific Rim," says scientist Larry Crowder of Duke University.
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