The beak-to-tail measurement of the leatherback species of this sea creature can run about 7 feet
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Nature - jService.io - Jeopardy trivia question API  Clues for: Nature. Question, Answer, Value, Airdate.
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Dermochelyidae - Texas Turtles!  The leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) is the largest living and ... This unique species is the most specialized of all the living turtles in the world. ... The carapace is elongated and lyre-shaped; it tapers to a point just above the tail. ... mouth into the looped esophagus, which can measure over 7 feet (2 meters) in...
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Educators Guide - Seaturtle.org  They have outlived almost all of the prehistoric creatures with ... Why is it that now, after all these years, all seven species of sea turtles may be ... String a rope across the classroom, approximately 12 feet. .... In adult sea turtles, the tail length .... Leatherbacks have a precise notch on their beak that can grab very soft jellyfish.
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The Anatomy of Sea Turtles - NOAA's Southeast Fisheries Science ...  Dec 1, 2001 ... The scientific contents of the The Anatomy of Sea Turtles ... ized so that it can be used either as a guide to dis- ... Page 7 .... Posterior is toward the tail. .... species. There is just one dermochelyid species, the leatherback ... Five dorsal ridges run the length of ..... When measuring the animal, be sure to look for.
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Hinterland Who's Who - Leatherback Seaturtle  The leatherback is also the only sea turtle that does not have a hard shell or scales. ... Seven ridges run the length of the turtle's carapace, which is a dark ... The turtles will also eat other soft-bodied creatures, such as salps. .... Unlike other smaller species of sea turtles, leatherbacks are sometimes strong ..... Beaks of Terns.
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KSN Vol 26, No 1 - I didn't know that! (Birds) - The Kansas School ...  An Ostrich may run at a speed of 40 miles per hour, with strides up to 15 feet long. The Arctic Tern is famous for spending more time in daylight than any other living creature. ... However, birds lost their teeth 40 to 50 million years ago. .... swifts and swallows migrate by day, while loons, geese, ducks, gulls, terns, and shore...
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Fin Whale Facts  As stated earlier these whales can grow to be nearly 90 feet long (60  80 on ... its large size this whale is relatively slender and streamlined allowing it to reach ... for over 15 minutes, however most dives are typically much shorter in length. ... 2) The fin whale is one of the largest animals in the world; second only to the blue...
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Shark Sizes - EnchantedLearning.com  There are many different species of sharks that range in size from the size of a person's ... Fully-grown sharks range in size from 6 inches (15 cm) long (the dwarf shark) to 50 feet (15 m) long. ... The Whale shark is the largest fish in the world; the basking shark is the ... SHARK, LENGTH (upper range), WEIGHT (upper range).
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General Notes - jstor  note shallow tail notch, double scars, and light gray color anterior to dorsal f ... On February 21, 1952, an adult male Cuvier's beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris) .... The tusks are missing, but have probably been removed since the discovery of the skull, for ..... FEMALE: A %-inch length of quill embedded in stomach lining.
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Ocean Giants | Whale Fact Sheet | Nature | PBS  Mar 21, 2012 ... Baleen whales in the Mysticeti suborder are generally larger than ... The species can be up to 100 ft long (30m), and weigh as much as ... While humpback whales are known for their songs, most whales ... It's named for its enormous curved upper jawwhich accounts for almost a third of its body length.
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Baleen whale - Wikipedia  Baleen whales (systematic name Mysticeti), known earlier as whalebone whales, form a ... Baleen whales range in size from the 20 ft (6 m) and 6,600 lb (3,000 kg) pygmy ... most species prefer the colder waters around the Northern and Southern poles. ..... Measuring only 6.6 feet (2 m), it is the smallest extant baleen whale.
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Harp Seals, Pagophilus groenlandicus ~ MarineBio.org  These patterns are more distinct on the bodies of adult males. ... Harp seals are a highly migratory species, and have been known to travel distances up to 2,500 km. .... The quotas for whitecoat pups in 2000 was 63,500, and in 2001 76,000.
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Whale Watching off Orange County from Newport Harbor-Orange ...  These giant mammals attain lengths of 100 feet and eat 4-6 tons of krill in one day. ... Large Blue Whales are the size of a Boeing Jet, weighing up to 150 tons. ... It's throat can take in up to 50 tons of water in one gulp and it's spout shoots water ... Growing up to nearly 90 feet long, Finback Whales are also the fastest type of...
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The real sea monsters | Science News for Students  Jun 19, 2015 ... When dinosaurs ruled on land, these reptiles prowled the seas ... It is thought that plesiosaurs fed mainly on fish, breathed air and laid their eggs ... The largest of these sea monsters reached 15 meters (49 feet) in length. ... Marine reptiles of the same time period lacked such holes. ... Fish-lizards of the sea.
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Biogeography of Marine Iguana - San Francisco State University  The marine iguana is the only sea-going lizard. ... 600 to 700 miles west of Ecuador in equatorial waters (Carpenter 1966). They are related to the land iguana, which also lives on t he Galapagos Islands (Carpenter 1966). The geographical range of the marine iguana is in the coastal areas of all of the islands, islets, and sea...
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Animal Hall of Fame - Infoplease  Marine mammal: The blue whale is the world's biggest animal, even larger ... These flightless birds can sprint up to 43 miles per hour. ... Land mammal: The bumblebee bat tips the scales at about 2 grams and measures between 30 and 40 millimeters as an adult. ... Insect: Hawk moths can reach a speed of about 33 m.p.h..
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Dana Point Whale Watching - Complete guide to whale watching in ...  These giant mammals average lengths of 80 feet and eat 4-6 tons of krill in one day. ... During the Winter and Spring, Whale Watching Dana Point visitors will have the ... The California Grey Whale stands among the largest species of whales, but ... Growing up to nearly 90 feet long, Finback Whales are also the fastest type...
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KILLER WHALES (Orcinus orca) - Adaptations for an Aquatic ...  One of these whales, a juvenile, twice dove to a depth of more than 228 m (748 ft.) ... A killer whale breathes through a single blowhole on top of its head. ... Killer whales appear to have a metabolic rate equal to what would be expected for ... Several species of cetaceans, including the bottlenose dolphin and beluga whales,...
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The Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake  The diamondback, along with many other upland snake species, is declining over most of its range. ... The ancestors of the eastern diamondback rattlesnake were part of an ... Large snakes are 6 feet long with a maximum length probably under 8 feet. ... Fangs of larger E. Diamondbacks can reach over one inch in length!
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Mrs. Morton's 4th Grade Class - Windham Schools  The Blue Whale can grow up to be 80 feet long and 130 tons. ... These birds breed from October to April in vast colonies. ... Female leopard seals have their young between November and December on .... It eats plankton. and other kinds of krill. .... lays one egg onto her feet and puts it on the male's feet for him to incubate.
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Creatures :: AvatarSpirit.net  They can be as big as eight feet in length (minus the tail) and four feet in height at ... with a large prey base: animals most often preyed on are zebras, wildebeest, .... They are brown in color except for their beaks, a collar of greyish fur around their ... Given the wide array of wasp species, it is difficult to tell which of these is...