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SEA TURTLE NESTING BEHAVIOR
There, using her rear flippers, she digs an egg chamber cavity about eight inches in diameter and 18 inches deep ... covers the eggs with sand and then spreads sand over a wide area with her front flippers to obscure the exact location of the chamber. She then leaves the nest site and ...
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CRESLI seal page
Their front flippers are short and haired and equipped with large claws, while the hind flippers are webbed and directed backward. The rear flippers propel the seal through the water ... lions and fur seals are quite different from true seals. Their long flexible front flippers and versatile hind flippers enable these mammals to actually run on land and their long agile necks ...
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Florida Manatee - Defenders of Wildlife
Their front flippers help them steer or sometimes crawl through shallow water. They also have powerful flat tails ...
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Animal Welfare - Aquatic Animals
Seals have only small holes for ears and small front flippers. They crawl on their bellies when on land, and use their back flippers to propel themselves through water. Sea-lions have ear flaps and long front flippers. They use all four flippers to ...
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Euroturtle - Introduction to Sea Turtles
The forelimbs or front flippers are generally elongated and provide the main propulsive force. The hind flippers are large and spadelike and the females use these when ...
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Greentrack Homepage
The forelimbs or front flippers are generally elongated and provide the main propulsive force. The hind flippers are large and spadelike and the females use these when ...
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Leatherback Turtle
Leatherback Turtle << Upwelling Front Page | << Previous Article in Upwelling (3 of 4) | Wildlife Spotlight: Leatherback Turtle (Derrmochelys Coriacea) The ... ventral surface and pale white and pink spotting on the top of the head. Their front flippers are extremely long and lack claws and scales, enabling them to swim great distances. Turtles ...
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FurSeal
FurSeal << Upwelling Front Page | << Previous Article in Upwelling (1 of 4) | Next Article in Upwelling (3 of 4) >> ... pounds, while females are much smaller at 60 to110 pounds. With large, furless, front flippers and rotating back flippers, they can “walk” much like sea lions. Fur seals also have tightly-rolled ...
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Marine Vertebrates - MarineBio.org
Eared seal family. These animals have large flippers in the front, tiny ear lobes and webbed back legs that can rotate ... or on land. With no ears, short flippers and no rotation of the back flippers, True seals are easily distinguishable from the ... higher blubber ratio. Dugongs and manatees are gentle animals with oversized front flippers. Manatees are characterized by a round tail and can be ...
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Marine Life Cycles - MarineBio.org
She then uses her She then turns around to use her hind flippers to bury the eggs and returns to sea where she will begin fertilizing the next ...
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