turtle

Example Sentences

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Half the cars on a freight train had been knocked off the tracks and lay with their bellies in the air, like helpless turtles.

From Literature

Crush, a loggerhead turtle, was given life-saving treatment at New Era Veterinary Hospital in St Saviour, Jersey, after she was found extremely weak and suffering from malnutrition.

From BBC

For example, non-native feral hogs are now major predators of loggerhead sea turtle eggs along the Georgia coast, USA, while coyotes in eastern North America are expanding onto coastal barrier islands, altering those ecosystems.

From Science Daily

She was curled up in a comfy chair, reading a book on sea turtles.

From Literature

What remains less certain is how much human-made noise affects these turtles as they move through such crowded environments.

From Science Daily