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Sea Turtles: The Kids' Times

Sea Turtles

Sea turtles have roamed Earth's oceans and seas for millions of years! The first sea turtles were on Earth 150 millions years ago, and the ancestors of the turtles in marine waters today entered the ocean 60 millions years ago! Six species of sea turtles in oceans around the United States are either threatened or in danger of extinction: leatherback, loggerhead, green, hawksbill, Kemp's ridley, and olive ridley turtles.

front page of Kids' Times for Green Sea Turtle
Green turtle
[pdf] [175 KB]

 front page of Kids' Times for Leatherback Sea Turtle
Leatherback turtle
[pdf] [269 KB]
 
front page of Kids' Times for Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle
Kemp's ridley turtle
[pdf] [313 KB] 		front page of Kids' Times for Loggerhead Sea Turtle
Loggerhead turtle
[pdf] [352 KB]
 
front page of Kids' Times for Hawksbill Sea Turtle
Hawksbill turtle
[pdf] [239 KB]		 front page of Kids' Times for Olive Ridley Sea Turtle
Olive ridley turtle
[pdf] [182 KB]

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