Runaway Turtle Travels 3 Miles in 3 Months
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LONDON - Herman the tortoise is more than 30 years old, but she can still cut a dash. The female tortoise has just been returned home after a rushing three miles across country in a little over three months, her owners said Wednesday...
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Jesus Perez Valiente rafted to Florida's shores three years ago, seeking freedom, opportunity and an escape from the food rationing and other hardships that are part of everyday life in communist Cuba.
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KIJAL, Malaysia, Aug 18  - Malaysia, once a major breeding ground, is in danger of losing its ocean-roaming leatherback turtles as humans eat their eggs, trap them in fishing nets and encroach on nesting sites, scientists said on ...
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By Sallie James, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Dec. 8--CORAL SPRINGS -- With every scoop made by a rumbling trackhoe, injured turtles and waterbirds came closer this week to having a new home at the Sawgrass Nature Center.
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A TEENAGER has escaped from the jaws of a saltwater crocodile while hunting in a remote area of the Northern Territory. The 17-year-old boy was grabbed on the leg and dragged into a billabong by the 2.6m crocodile, before managing to escape.
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A rare sea turtle is looked after at an aquarium in Cornwall after being found stranded on a beach in Devon.
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Alan Webb breaks free in the homestretch to claim his third U.S. title in the 1,500 meters in 3 minutes 34.82 seconds on Sunday.
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Some flit between stops, fueled by homemade granola. Others plod along, more tortoise than hare.
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About 90 green sea turtles that nearly died from a sudden cold snap last month have been rehabilitated and returned to the waters near South Padre Island.
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Paleontologists have discovered a new  small gliding reptile in 220 million-year-old sediments of a quarry on the Virginia-North Carolina border. The new creature is named Mecistotrachelos apeoros, meaning &quot;soaring, long-necked&quot; and is about the size of a blue jay from head to tail.
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Growing up in East Texas, Dian Avriett loved to watch the turtles sunning on the banks of local rivers and lakes. But now she says it's rare to see them on those same waterways, and the reason is clear -- China's taste for Texas turtle meat.
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In the nine months since escaping her travel cage at Kennedy Airport, Vivi the wayward whippet has joined the Central Park coyote, high-rise tiger, Harlem Meer caiman and Molly the fugitive feline in New York's ever-growing pantheon of urban animal legends.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- After a three-month del
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The turtle is one of the longest-lived creatures Earth has known, but at least half of all turtle species are now in serious danger of extinction.
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A surge in demand for exotic freshwater turtles and tortoises in Southeast Asia is fuelling rampant illegal trade in the animals in Indonesia, wildlife experts warned Tuesday.
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By CHRISTINA ABEL  Not everyone is following new St. Johns County beach rules that are intended to protect sea turtles, police said.  After weeks of discussion, the St. Johns County Habitat Conservation Plan, which restricts driving hours on the beach, is in place.
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NEW YORK  - Contact with small pet turtles was to blame for 103 Salmonella infections that occurred in 33 states between May and December 2007, according to federal health officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta.