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Like the green turtle (Chelonia mydas), more than half of the seven species of sea turtle are classified as endangered or critically endangered. The green turtle is a large sea turtle, weighing up to 700 pounds (317.5 kg), and the only herbivorous species. Green turtles…

Being green turtle

The southern fur seal (Arctocephalus forsteri), or New Zealand fur seal, is known in Māori (the language spoken by indigenous population of New Zealand) as kekeno. European sealing for meat and pelts in the 18th and 19th centuries pushed them to the brink of extinction, but conservation efforts have helped southern fur seal populations recover…