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Ridley
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ridley: see sea turtle sea turtle, name for several species of large marine turtles found in tropical and subtropical oceans. These turtles are modified for life in the ocean by having flipperlike forelimbs without toes and lightweight shells.
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Nicholas. ?1500--55, English bishop, who helped to revise the liturgy under Edward VI. He was burnt at the stake for refusing to disavow his Protestant beliefs when Mary I assumed the throne


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00 Hardcover QL666 The olive and Kemp's ridleys are unique in that they are the only sea turtles to pack together to protect each other.
A 1940s film showed a single arribada (mass nesting emergence) of an estimated 40,000 female Kemp's ridleys on one day.
Bush has consistently refused to take the advice of sea turtle experts and increase protections for the Kemp's Ridleys and other sea turtles," noted STRP's Teri Shore.
 
 
 
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