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Posted Wed Mar 2 2011: from London Independent:
Turtles now world's most threatened vertebrates http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1299027834
Turtles and tortoises are now the most endangered group of vertebrate animals, with more than half of their 328 species threatened with extinction, according to a new report. Their populations are being depleted by unsustainable hunting, both for food and for use in traditional Chinese medicine, by large-scale collection for the pet trade, and by the widespread pollution and destruction of their habitats, according to the study Turtles In Trouble, produced by a coalition of turtle conservation groups. The result is that their plight has never been greater, and the world's 25 most endangered tortoises and freshwater turtles will become extinct in a few decades without concerted conservation efforts, the report says.
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'Doc Jim says:
They have vertebrae? I didn't even realize they were amphibians!
If they have vertebrae, what's the point of the shell, I ask ya.

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