Chief Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 Victoria Gill Source: BBC Nature November 8, 2011 "Loggerhead turtles take almost half a century to reach maturity, say scientists. A female turtle, the researchers report in the journal Functional Ecology, will not start to lay eggs until she is 45. This estimate, based on examination of several decades of data on the turtles' growth, has implications for conservation efforts. It reveals how long it takes for turtles hatched at a protected nesting site to return to that site to breed. read more More... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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