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• Tiger sharks, remember, can bite through the shell of a marine turtle. Times, Sunday Times
• A volunteer treats an endangered loggerhead sea turtle that swallowed a fishing-hook at the Greek marine turtle rescue centre in Glyfada, a seaside suburb of Athens, August 29, 1997.
• However, perhaps most distinctly the flatback is the only marine turtle to call one nation home. Mongabay.com News
• The shallow swamps provide an ideal habitat for juvenile shrimps, crustaceans, molluscs and fish, as well as breeding grounds for endangered species of marine turtles and horseshoe crabs.
• In addition to a dazzling variety of wildlife, including several marine turtle species, the archipelago's rich lagoons spawn a treasure available in few other places: black pearls.
• Tiger sharks, remember, can bite through the shell of a marine turtle. Times, Sunday Times
• Texas coastal marine life - fish, crab, marine turtles, shrimp, etc. - can suffer extensive die-offs if unusually cold weather strikes the bays and lingers.
• Rare and endangered species include the birds scarlet ibis (Eudocimus ruber), and wattled jacana (Jacana jacana), the mammals tucuxi (Sotalia fluviatilis) and manatee Trichechus manatus, and several marine turtles, for whom it is a breeding area. Maranhao mangroves
• Similar to marine turtles, its limbs are paddle-shaped, but still possess movable digits, " said Prof Eisemberg.
• The variety of aquatic wildlife reads like an open casting call for Finding Nemo: Over 1,500 species of fish, 5,000-8,000 species of mollusks, 30 species of whales and dolphins, 600 species of echinoderm such as starfish, 17 varieties of sea snakes, and 6 species of marine turtles which are listed as threatened. Yvonne Yorke: The Great Barrier Reef: From Above and Below