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MORE LINKS Add your Web site link here: you may request Turtlewife to include a link to your site on this page. To submit your site, write Anita. SEA TURTLE SITES The Caribbean Conservation Corporations (CCC) Tortuguero Sea Turtle Tracking Project satellite tracking of sea turtle movements. www.cccturtle.org/ Help Endangered Animals Ridley Turtles (HEART) HEART was organized in 1982 to save the Kemps ridley sea turtle. www.ridleyturtles.org KIDZ KORNER Sea turtle conservation site for kids featuring remarkable stories and color photos. turtles.org/kids.htm One Ocean Satellite telemetry tracking of green turtles. www.oneocean.org/ambassadors/track_a_turtle/index.html The Sea Turtle Preservation Society Volunteers in Brevard County, Florida. Check out Sea Turtle 101, a sea turtle primer. www.seaturtlespacecoast.org REPTILE & AMPHIBIAN SITES Association of Reptile and Amphibian Veterinarians Publications, contacts, and products related to herp health. www.arav.org Herper.com A site with information about the natural history and husbandry of reptiles, amphibians and invertebrates. Also a free/paid downloadable e-books section; a forum for herp-related discussions; classifieds; and more. herper.com HERPETOLOGICAL SOCIETIES Chicago Herpetological Society. www.chicagoherp.org/ Colorado Herpetological Society. www.coloherps.org ANIMAL SITES Animal Diversity An online database of animal natural history, distribution, classification, and conservation biology at the University of Michigan. animaldiversity.org/ GENERAL SITES A Guide to Mexican Sea and Wild Life Xcaret Eco Park is a Mexican ecological park. Visitors will find many types of animals living in this park, including flamingos, tapir, fish, sea turtles, manatees, exotic birds, and butterflies. www.travelpod.com/resorts/tpinfo-Guide_To_Mexican_Sea_And_Wild_Life.html Care2 An environmental network for healthy living and a healthy planet. care2.com The Dangers of Plastic Pollution to Marine Life The garbage that humans leave behind as a by-product of civilization and consumption is becoming an environmental hazard not only to the land, but also to the world's oceans, seas, and waterways. The threat that plastic waste represents to animal life is manifold. http://www.bottlestore.com/the-dangers-of-plastic-pollution-to-marine-life The Greatest Places Online A large-format film playing worldwide. This Web site intended to extend inspiration and education about geographically diverse regions and cultures related to the film. Amazon, Greenland, Madagascar, Iguazu, Namib, Okavango, Tibet. Some neat interactive features. Listen to a lemur, watch Iguazu Falls, much more. Good for kids and adults. www.greatestplaces.org Marine Life Encyclopedia From Oceana, the encyclopedia contains easily digestible information about more than 500 fascinating marine creatures, from the acorn barnacle to the zebra shark, many accompanied by stunning photos. oceana.org/marine-life Russell Hobans Turtle Diary A site devoted to Russell Hobans book, Turtle Diary, on which the movie of the same name was based. www.ocelotfactory.com/hoban/turtle.html Sea turtle postage stamps of the world Some really neat stamps here (none for sale). http://www.2xtreme.net/nlinsley The Turtles, Featuring Flo and Eddie The official site of the band, The Turtles. theturtles.com CHARITABLE SITES The Grameen Foundation USA Aims to help impoverished people by loaning them small amounts of money so that they can create livelihoods and pull themselves out of poverty. www.grameenfoundation.org/ Heifer International Gives struggling people gifts of animals or plants, including stingless bees, trees, oxen, ducks, chickens, dairy cows, water buffalo, and more. heifer.org |
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