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Cyclemys is a genus of freshwater turtles, commonly referred to as Asian leaf turtles, from the family Geoemydidae. The genus occurs throughout Southeast and South Asia, and currently contains seven species. Asian leaf turtles average 25 cm (9.8 in) in length. They are mostly brown to greenish in color, with round to rectangular shells.
The noun χελώνη is the ancient Greek word for both the land tortoise and the sea turtle. [1] Traditionally the word is considered to derive from an Indo-European root *gʰel(H)-ewH-denoting turtles and tortoises, however it has also been suggested that it must be a loanword from a non-Indo-European language, a theory that Beekes supports.
Nearly 4,000 turtles have been tagged in order to monitor their movements in the sea. Recently satellite transmitters have been used. Over 50 injured or sick turtles are treated every year at the Rescue Centre at Glyfada . Three permanent and 10 seasonal stations are operated by ARCHELON on Zakynthos, Peloponnesus and Crete.
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In the video game The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, the player Link rides to the Great Bay Temple on the back of a giant sea turtle that resembles a small island. In the Final Fantasy XI, Aspidochelone is a rare spawn of the monster Adamantoise both of which are giant turtles.
Because of this, Greek authorities do not allow planes to take off or land at night in Zakynthos due to the nesting turtles. [38] In addition to the Greek coast, the coastlines of Cyprus and Turkey are also common nesting sites. [16] One record of this turtle was made in Ireland when a specimen washed ashore on Ballyhealy Beach in County ...
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As a guideline, nekton are larger and tend to swim largely at biologically high Reynolds numbers (>10 3 and up beyond 10 9), where inertial flows are the rule, and eddies (vortices) are easily shed. Plankton, on the other hand, are small and, if they swim at all, do so at biologically low Reynolds numbers (0.001 to 10), where the viscous ...