Wednesday 9 April 2014

Freshwater turtle crosses the Aegean Sea

Date:
April 7, 2014

Source:
Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum

Summary:
Scientists have studied the widely distributed freshwater turtle, Mauremys rivulata. In spite of geographical barriers, the turtles are genetically very similar throughout their vast distribution range. This would indicate that that animals cross hundreds of kilometers of sea.


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