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IS this a case of fatal attraction? Has the ancient beauty of hawksbill turtle tortoiseshell landed it in a population crisis and may prove its undoing? Population sizes of hawksbills have “sharply declined” due to many human factors but the  most profound is the harvest of its carapace scutes (bony scales) known as tortoiseshell or bekko, fuelled by the intensive shell trade on the tortoiseshell which is a luxury item used to make elegant combs and brushes, jewelry boxes and or...

Dead, sick baby turtles wash up on central Queensland beaches after eating plastic WedWednesday 17 updated WedWednesday 17 FebFebruary 2021 at 3:09am The Department of Environment and Science says several flatback turtles have washed up on central Queensland beaches after eating plastic. ( Share Print text only Cancel Dead and sick baby turtles are washing up on Capricorn Coast beaches in numbers never seen before by researchers, after swallowing plastic. Key points: Several sick and dead turt...