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Andrea Gore: We are all tortoises
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Andrea Gore: We are all tortoises

When it comes to climate change, reptiles and humans alike need a healthy and biologically diverse world to thrive.

Steve Rissing: Modern humans, climate change, threaten turtle populations around globe

Steve Rissing: Modern humans, climate change, threaten turtle populations around globe

Turtles, including tortoises and terrapins, are the only reptiles universally liked by people. Sadly, 61 percent of the world's 356 turtle species are threatened with extinction or have gone extinct recently.

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