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Three Scientists: World Does Need Leatherbacks

Posted on June 09, 2008

Not surprisingly my rhetorical question on the value of leatherback turtles to nature and/or the human subset of nature got under the skin of some of my favorite scientists. Three of the world's leading champions of ocean conservation weigh in below. Personally, I cherish the last vestiges of the pre-human seas. But in [...]...

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