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- noun Any of the
marine turtles , of thegenus Lepidochelys, found in theAtlantic andPacific oceans .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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EM crowe is an amazing actor. and i have faith in ridley scott, so i'm pretty intereted in seeing this. interesting casting, but i have no problems with it
WTF: Russell Crowe Cast as Both Robin Hood and The Sheriff in Nottingham?! | /Film 2008
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One species, Kemp's ridley, has its only nesting grounds in the world on the beaches of the western Gulf.
Michael Brune: Why Do Sea Turtles Need Solar Panels? Michael Brune 2011
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"In the three beaches we've taken care of," Mr. Cousteau reported, "we've been able to collect 200,000 eggs from endangered species," among them the Green, Olive ridley , Leatherback and Eastern Pacific Hawksbill.
One Well-Suited Man Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011
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Four of those – green, hawksbill, leatherback and Kemp's ridley – are considered endangered, or at risk of becoming extinct.
More Gulf Sea Turtles Died Following Oil Spill Than Any Period In Last 2 Decades AP 2011
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"Maybe the Kemp's ridley because it's located only in the Gulf of Mexico," Mr. Cousteau said, referring to one of the rarest of sea turtles.
One Well-Suited Man Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011
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Greenpeace to see exclusive olive ridley turtles video shared by DPCL:
TATA Nano vs. The Turtles The Nag 2009
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Biswaranjan Rout/Associated Press HELPING HAND: A boy helped a newly hatched olive ridley turtle enter the sea at a beach in Ganjam district in Odisha, India, Tuesday.
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One species, Kemp's ridley, has its only nesting grounds in the world on the beaches of the western Gulf.
Michael Brune: Why Do Sea Turtles Need Solar Panels? Michael Brune 2011
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Few other creatures embody this ghastly state of affairs as poignantly as the olive ridley turtles, which just completed their hatching cycle.
Bharati Chaturvedi: Turning People Turtles in East India Bharati Chaturvedi 2011
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This diving olive ridley sea turtle (above), from Mark Laita's collection of underwater images, 'Sea,' (Abrams, 200 pages, $50) , is a tolerant lord unworried by intrusion on his demesne.
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