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<p>[QUOTE="areich, post: 1493694, member: 37479"]<b>Bermuda: Green Turtle</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Chelonia mydas - Commonly known at the Green Turtle, or Black Turtle, is an endangered species of turtle with Pacific and Atlantic Ocean populations. It is unique to the genus Chelonia for reasons far beyond my understanding of turtle phenotypes. However, unlike its close family members, it is vegetarian and its beak is not hooked like the HawkBill Turtle.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f5/Suppenschildkr%C3%B6te.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Young_Honu-Kahala.png/642px-Young_Honu-Kahala.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The "green" comes from the fat just below the turtle shell.</p><p><br /></p><p>They lay eggs on beaches and are protected around the world, both by international treaty and individual national efforts.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/wwf/turte_wwf.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/wwf/turte_wwf_o.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The one dollar 925fineness silver coin weighs 28.28 g and 38.61mm, common for the series. It is proof from the British Royal Mint and like the others has a 25,000 mintage.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="areich, post: 1493694, member: 37479"][b]Bermuda: Green Turtle[/b] Chelonia mydas - Commonly known at the Green Turtle, or Black Turtle, is an endangered species of turtle with Pacific and Atlantic Ocean populations. It is unique to the genus Chelonia for reasons far beyond my understanding of turtle phenotypes. However, unlike its close family members, it is vegetarian and its beak is not hooked like the HawkBill Turtle. [IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f5/Suppenschildkr%C3%B6te.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Young_Honu-Kahala.png/642px-Young_Honu-Kahala.png[/IMG] The "green" comes from the fat just below the turtle shell. They lay eggs on beaches and are protected around the world, both by international treaty and individual national efforts. [IMG]http://www.mrbrklyn.com/wwf/turte_wwf.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.mrbrklyn.com/wwf/turte_wwf_o.jpg[/IMG] The one dollar 925fineness silver coin weighs 28.28 g and 38.61mm, common for the series. It is proof from the British Royal Mint and like the others has a 25,000 mintage.[/QUOTE]
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