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Today’s turtle is the Murray River Turtle!

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The project aims to boost numbers of threatened tracajás turtles in Amazonas state.

Some 4,900 yellow-spotted river turtles, also known as tracajás, have been released into the Igapó-Açu River, in Brazil.

The threatened species lives in river basins in northern South America, and the Federal University of Amazonas has been running projects aimed at boosting turtle numbers for a decade.

In that time, more than 70,000 turtles have been set free to live in the wild.

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Today’s turtle is the Red-Necked Pond Turtle!

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Today’s turtle is the Central American River Turtle!

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Read about how the small Australian town Tiaro is saving this iconic species - the Mary River turtle (Elusor macrurus).

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Amazonian Turtle Mothers "Talk" To Their Offspring

Amazonian Turtle Mothers “Talk” To Their Offspring

We seem to be learning a lot about animal communication at present; from ear movement in horses to jackass penguin calls. Now, a team of researchers working in Brazil have found that river turtles communicate vocally, using various different sounds to synchronize social behaviors and look after young. The study has been published in Herpetologica.

During the nesting season, female Giant South…

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BlackTurtles-0763 by Jose Calvo Indio on Flickr.

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