World Turtle Day and Its Significance

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World Turtle Day and Its Significance
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The World Turtle Day is celebrated every year on
23rd May. This is an initiative to make people
more and more aware of turtles and tortoises and
make them more responsible towards creating an
environment which will help these creatures
survive and sustain themselves. World Turtle Day
is celebrated all over the world in a variety of
ways like dressing up like turtles or making
projects on them.
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• Shellebrate oysters are also a rare species of
  oysters that need to be protected. There are
  various events categorically meant for them as
  well. People should learn how to retain and
  preserve these oysters because their quantity is
  fast depleting from the world.

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• To make the creatures called turtles and
  tortoises more popular amidst the masses, four
  iconic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles or Ninja
  Turtles in short, were created as cartoon
  characters.
• The characters first appeared in the comic books,
  which were published by Mirage Studios and were
  later made into cartoon series, video games,
  films and toys. The franchisee has acquired
  worldwide fame and is an extremely successful
  name.

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• Turtles are really wonderful creatures to watch.
  Amongst the wide variety of turtles, one gets
  really amazed by the beauty of African side-neck
  turtle. This unique name is because of their
  inability to tuck their heads completely inside
  the shells. Instead they tuck them to the side.
• The wood turtle is a native of North America. It
  is known for its unique pyramidal shape of the
  scutes which are present in the upper portion of
  the shell.

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