Mongabay: Amazon waterway noise threatens unique social life of giant river turtles
Overview Exposure to loud noise or certain chemicals while at work can damage your hearing. Occupational hearing loss is one of the most common work-related illnesses and is permanent. Hearing loss is associated with Communication difficulties, making it challenging to maintain relationships with others. Other health problems, including tinnitus (ringing in the ears), heart problems, cognitive ...
A planned shipping waterway on the Tapajós River, a major tributary of the Amazon, may disrupt the sophisticated social communication systems used by the Amazon river turtle (Podocnemis expansa), a ...
turtle, a reptile [1] of the order Chelonia, with strong, beaked, toothless jaws and, usually, an armorlike shell. The shell normally consists of bony plates overlaid with horny shields.
Little Turtle Born 1752 (Whitley County, Indiana) Died (Fort Wayne, Indiana) Miami tribal leader Little Turtle was a distinguished war chief of the Miami tribe of Native Americans in the Great Lakes region in the late eighteenth century. He was one of the most successful woodland military commanders of his time and led an intertribal force to victory against two American frontier ...
TestudinesFamily: Pig-Nose Turtles Family: Australo-American Sideneck Turtles Family: Seaturtles Source for information on Testudines (Turtles and Tortoises): Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia dictionary.
Seaturtles (Cheloniidae) Class ReptiliaOrder TestudinesFamily CheloniidaeThumbnail description Large marine turtles that have a low, streamlined shell covered with scutes and that have paddle- or flipper-like forelimbsSize Up to 84 in (213 cm) carapace length, 1,000 lb (454 kg)Number of genera, species 5 genera, 6 speciesHabitat Marine ecosystems, circumtropical to temperate regions Source for ...