NOUN
- any of various large turtles with limbs modified into flippers; widely distributed in warm seas
How To Use sea turtle In A Sentence
- Since 2001, areas north of Point Conception to an intersect with the Oregon coast has been closed to drift gillnet fishing from August 15th through November 15th in order to protect endangered leatherback and loggerhead sea turtles. Permit to Kill Pacific Sea Turtles and Whales Requested by Seafood Company
- Poaching continues, however, partly because many Mexican men believe sea turtle eggs, eaten raw with a pinch of lime and salt, are aphrodisiacs.
- The female turtles can only lay a maximum of three fertile eggs at a time - three times less than green sea turtles.
- Leave the oceans' bluefin tunas and billfish and sea turtles alone, but pay no attention to the man behind the curtain - as he shovels redfish into the boiler.
- Why not stick to protecting wild places and wild creatures -- like sea turtles and sequoia trees? Michael Brune: Why Do Sea Turtles Need Solar Panels?
- Monney had never seen a sea turtle before Dec. 17, when he caught a glimpse of the leatherback — estimated weight 1, 700 pounds — and an olive ridley the same night.
- Kelley says that after the sea turtles have been rescued, they are cleaned and treated - including what's called a 'gavage' of mayonnaise and cod liver oil that will help purge their digestive system of oil. As Oil Ebbs, the Turtles Return
- The new bill includes a second ban on the trading of sea turtles and rare coral.
- The occurrence of this specimen in nearshore beach deposits is somewhat unusual, as articulated or associated remains of Cretaceous sea turtles are more commonly encountered in lagoonal or offshore marine shale and chalk.
- Sea turtles are found in waters all over the world, offshore as well as inshore.