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| Sea Turtles (Worldlife Library) | 
| Author: Jeff Ripple
Publisher: Voyageur Press
Category: Book
List Price: $17.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 179637
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 72
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 9.9 x 8.9 x 0.3
ISBN: 0896583155
Dewey Decimal Number: 597.92
EAN: 9780896583153
ASIN: 0896583155
Publication Date: May 13, 1996
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Condition: BRAND NEW BOOK that might have slight shelfwear, a remainder mark.
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Product Description
Millions of sea turtles once roamed the earth’s oceans. Within the past five centuries, trade in sea turtle meat, eggs, shells, oil, and leather has driven almost every species to the brink of extinction. Explore the world of the sea turtle in this engaging book. Learn their general characteristics, how they navigate underwater, who their predators are, what human threats exist, and where conservation efforts are being made worldwide. Jeff Ripple profiles every species of sea turtle from the loggerhead to the leatherback. More than 60 breath-taking photographs capture these fascinating creatures underwater and on land.
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 Great to identify turtles and understand them better August 23, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
We saw many turtles in the water during our Panama Canal cruise. It was unexpected. Got the book after we returned home and enjoy the info. Great pictures.
Superb book November 5, 2006
this book has lots of superb images and interesting facts about sea turtles. I thouroughly recommend this book to anybody interested in sea turtles.
Great information in compact form September 7, 2004
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
This book provides good basic information and wonderful photographs about sea turtles. After a general overview of a turtle's life from hatchling to adult, the author describes in detail the currently eight recognized living species of sea turtles: loggerhead, hawksbill, leatherback, Kemp's ridley, olive ridley, green turtle, black turtle, and Australian flatback. He also shows how fishing, pollution, beach armoring, development, raking and beach driving threaten the reptiles' existence, and how various projects aim at increasing the turtle population.
It's a great source of information for anyone: compact, well researched, and thought-provoking.
Great, quick reference September 27, 2001
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
This book is amazingly detailed for its size. It's an ideal quick reference with fabulous photographs. If you want to learn about sea turtles with plenty of basic facts (quite a few!) and photos but not an excess of science, this is the one for you. Perfect for the layman's library.
Comprehensive book, well written text, excellent photos November 10, 1999
This is a wonderfully comprehensive book on the characteristics, life and hazards facing sea turtles. The well written text truly gives the reader a feel for what life is like for a sea turtle.Facts covered include ancestry, feeding, growth, navigation, migration, mating & nesting. Then there are sections on the 8 major species of sea turtles describing the distinctive features of each. The photos are terrific, with many great underwater shots of these graceful and powerful swimmers. There are also nesting turtles and adorable hatchlings. A number of conservation efforts are shown as well. A major focus of the book is the threats facing these endangered species, with numbers diminished by decades of hunting, natural predators and environmental decline. Hopeful efforts are underway to reverse this trend.
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