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Why shouldn’t we buy jewellery made out of tortoiseshell?

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A - Because it’s expensive

B - Because it encourages people to kill turtles – to make money

C - Because tortoiseshell jewellery isn't cool

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World Turtle Day (SEA LIFE Kelly Tarlton's and Auckland Zoo)

Watch a video about the treatment of an injured hawksbill turtle.

 

Hawksbill Turtle's need regional protection (Radio New Zealand)

Read a news article about the hawksbill turtle


Activities

Create: A turtle shell

Make a turtle shell out of things you find around your home/classroom. If you can, find some string or elastic to attach it to your back.

Ban

 

A ban is an official rule that says something is not allowed to be done.

Beak

 

A dolphin’s pointy mouth is usually called a 'snout' but can also be called a beak. A beak is also the name for a bird's projecting jaws.

Carapace

 

A bony case or covering on the back of an animal such as a turtle or crab.

Extinction

 

Extinction of an animal or plant happens when there are no more of them alive anywhere in the world.

Hawksbill turtle

 

A small sea turtle that lives in tropical (warm) waters. It has a hooked jaw (like a hawk) and overlapping plates on it's shell.

Omnivore

 

An omnivore is an animal that can eat both other animals or plants to survive.

Poacher

 

Someone that steals from another.

Sponge

 

A sponge, or kōpūpūtai in Māori, is a simple animal with many cells, but no mouth, muscles, heart or brain. It grows in one spot like most plants do, and can’t move from place to place like most other animals. It draws in water to feed and breathe, and feeds mostly on bacteria and other tiny creatures.

Toxin

 

A poison that is made within the living cells of a creature or organism.

Tropical

 

Something tropical lives in the tropics – the middle part of the earth either side of the equator.

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