![]() ![]() As naturalist Safina makes clear, the fate of the leatherback is in our hands. The only surviving species of its suborder, the leatherback is an evolutionary marvel: a "reptile" whose ancestry can be traced back 125 million years, that behaves like a warm-blooded dinosaur, an ocean animal able to withstand colder water than most fishes and dive deeper than any whale. ![]() The decline of sea turtles in Pacific waters and their surprising recovery in the Atlantic illuminate what can go both wrong and right from human interventions, and teach us lessons that can be applied to restore health to the world's oceans. The story of an ancient sea turtle and what its survival says about our future. Includes bibliographical references (pages -367) and index. Xvi, 383 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps 25 cm Voyage of the turtle : in pursuit of the Earth's last dinosaur / Carl Safina. ![]()
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