Caradog
A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology
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Caradog, Caradoc, Cradog, Caradawg, Caradawc, Caratach [Holinshed's
Chronicles, 1577],
Craddocke [in English ballads],
Karadoc,
Karadawg [cf. W
cariad, love, amiability]. Name borne by several historical and imaginary figures of early Welsh tradition, of whom
Caradog (1) is the best-known. See also the
Breton Karadoc.
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Losing the leatherback: the world's largest living reptile may go extinct so that we can eat swordfish.
Magazine article from: Earth Island Journal; 12/22/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...California. The leatherback turtle, Dermochelys...000 pounds. Leatherbacks can swim extraordinary...Longlining for leatherbacks? Scientists are...not an issue of leatherback infertility...illegal poaching of leatherback eggs continues...killer of adult leatherbacks is longline ...
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Leatherback Sea Turtles Careening Towards Extinction; Scientists Call For International Cooperation to Save Giant Turtles That Pre-Date Dinosaurs.
News Wire article from: Ascribe Higher Education News Service; 2/17/2003; 700+ words
; ...cooperation to save leatherback sea turtles...extinction. Leatherbacks are the oldest...a mile. Leatherbacks swam with...survive us? Leatherback sea turtles...the Pacific leatherback? In order to save the leatherbacks and other...
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Leatherback turtles return to Monterey Bay
Newspaper article from: Oakland Tribune; 10/7/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...who have been doing leatherback turtle surveys in...say the number of leatherbacks in the bay varies...Administration's leatherback survey mission, based...other problems. As leatherbacks travel to foraging...s goal with the leatherback surveys is to pinpoint...
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Abundance, distribution, and habitat of leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) off California, 1990-2003.
Magazine article from: Fishery Bulletin; 7/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; Abstract--Leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) are...foraging population estimates for Pacific leatherback turtles. Males and females of about...shadows created favorable habitat for leatherback turtle prey. Results from independent...
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Scientists call for protected 'swimways' for the endangered leatherback sea turtle.
Newspaper article from: NewsRx Science; 11/9/2008; 700+ words
; ...opportunity to protect leatherbacks as they move in...study, Persistent Leatherback Turtle Migrations...critically endangered leatherbacks." The last members...the dinosaurs, leatherback sea turtles are...also threaten the leatherback. If current trends...continue, Pacific ...
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CAR-SIZED LEATHERBACK TURTLES CRUISING UP CALIF. COAST.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH); 9/28/2006; 700+ words
; ...Coast instead. The leatherback, an extremely rare...who specializes in leatherbacks, said he hoped to...even notice us." Leatherbacks are found around the...coordinator for Save the Leatherback, a Marin County-based group. "Pacific leatherbacks have decreased by...
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Court Urged to Protect Pacific Leatherback Sea Turtles
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire; 11/8/1999; 643 words
; ...every Pacific leatherback taken is a...few adult leatherbacks remaining." Leatherbacks are classified...Pacific leatherback populations...to reduce leatherback turtle takes...will be no leatherbacks left in the...
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La Vida Leatherback
Newspaper article from: Monterey County Weekly; 10/30/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...jellyfish- aka leatherback foodarrive en...jellies, so most leatherbacks didn't make...of the Pacific leatherback population, he...devices to the leatherbacks. This year...California, too, the leatherback population has...forecast where the leatherbacks will go next...
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Leatherback turtles not extinct in Malaysia: official
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 8/9/2006; 454 words
; ...with 336 eggs of two leatherback turtles," he said...places is evidence that leatherbacks are not extinct in...released almost 500,000 leatherback hatchlings into the...and protection of leatherback turtles, he added...level to save the leatherbacks in Malaysia," Kamaruddin...
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Study provides methods for protecting leatherback turtles
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 7/15/2008; 654 words
; ...study to date on leatherback turtles. The...tracked 46 female leatherbacks from 2004 to 2007...turtles occupy. The leatherback turtle population...two decades. Leatherbacks begin life as...grown, however, leatherbacks don't face many...decrease in the leatherback population is...
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leatherback
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
leatherback marine turtle, Dermochelys coriacea...appearance. Highly pelagic turtles, leatherbacks have occasionally been seen as far N...feeders. Like other sea turtles , the leatherback is declining in numbers as a result...
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marine reptiles
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea
...turtles, the Dermochelyidae (leatherback) and the Cheloniidae (loggerhead...ridley, and hawksbill). Leatherbacks (Dermochelys coriacea...the 6,200 counted in 2002. Leatherbacks regularly occur off the coasts...
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turtle
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...are the rare plateless turtles of New Guinea and the marine leatherback turtle, which is encased in a thick, ossified skin resembling...The family Dermochelidae includes only one species, the leatherback , or leatherneck, largest and heaviest of all turtles...
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sea turtle
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...olivacea ), is found in the Indian and Pacific oceans. The leatherback is the largest of all turtles and, although a marine turtle...belongs to a separate family. All sea turtles other than the leatherback are classified in the phylum Chordata , subphylum Vertebrata...
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Turtles
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...pattern that may be diagnostic of the species. Only the leatherback sea turtle and the softshell freshwater turtles lack these...less than 5.0 in (12.5 cm) long, while the gigantic leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) can attain a length of...
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