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Well, today was a big news day for turtles, with Reuters and AP battling head-to-head with competing turtle interest stories. I bet this is not the last we'll see of them.
From http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world...-turtles.html:
August 18, 2008
Confused Sea Turtles March Into Italian Restaurant
By REUTERS
Filed at 12:23 p.m. ET
ROME (Reuters) - About 60 newly hatched sea turtles lost their way during their ritual passage to the sea and marched into an Italian restaurant instead, a conservation worker said on Monday.
The baby turtles -- which ended up under the tables of startled diners at the beachside restaurant -- were probably thrown off track and lured by the eatery's bright lights, said Antonio Colucci, who was called to help rescue the group.
"They saw the artificial lights and took the wrong route," said Colucci, who works on a turtle monitoring project for the conservation group WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature).
"The diners were at first quite curious and then someone alerted the coastal authorities."
The stranded turtles, which had hatched on a beach in the southern Italian region of Calabria, were released into the sea.
Female sea turtles nest on beaches and their offspring instinctively head to the sea after hatching from their eggs.
(Reporting by Deepa Babington; editing by Robin Pomeroy)
From http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/worl...n-Wheels.html:
August 18, 2008
Disabled turtle uses new wheels to find romance
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Filed at 3:04 p.m. ET
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Arava the disabled turtle is using her new set of wheels to get around in more ways than one. Officials at the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo say the 10-year-old spurred tortoise has begun mating since being fitted with a custom skateboard to overcome paralysis of her hind legs.
The 55-pound turtle is unable to move herself forward with her front legs alone. So the zoo's staff built her a metal board with two wheels that can be strapped to her stomach.
Arava arrived in Jerusalem a few months ago from a petting zoo in southern Israel with the unexplained handicap, and found no reptile romance. Zoo curator Shmulik Yedvad says it's not that Arava has come out of her shell with her unique new wheelchair, but that a particularly amorous 10-year-old male has been after her.
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On the Net: http://www.jerusalemzoo.org.il/len/
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