It's World Turtle Day And Fans Are Taking Over Twitter

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taloringer
May 23, 2018 11:00 AM EDT

Fans of turtles all over the world are celebrating World Turtle Day! And what better way than to also grab and highlight the increasing importance of not only raising awareness and understanding of the turtle species but also about reducing plastic waste in order for them to survive and strive! 

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    Text - Australia Follow @Australia A turtle beamed down from the heaverns - it must be #WorldTurtleDay! (via IG/kylerauphotography at @LadyElliotGBR) #seeaustralia
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    Finger - AUSTRALIA ZOO WILDLIFE HOSPITAL
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    Adaptation - Wildlife Warriors Follow AUSTRALIA200 WILDLIFE WARRIORS @wildwarriors Who loves turtles? We love turtles! It's #WorldTurtleDay and we're shell-ebrating our beautiful Australian freshwater turtles. Can you guess the three species?? #WildlifeWednesday 4:35 PM 22 May 2018
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    Text - Sudarsan Pattnaik Follow @sudarsansand On #WorldTurtleDay My SandArt at Puri beach in Odisha with message #BeatPlasticPollution. Beat PlasticPollu rld Turtle Day Beat Plast icPollution World Turtle Day PBeat Plctst tcFollutio World rtle Day 7:56 PM - 22 May 2018 from Puri, India
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    Reptile - Australia Zo0 usZoo Australia Follow @AustraliaZo0 Oh snap! It's #WorldTurtleDay! We are shell- ebrating with our gorgeous alligator snapping turtle. They are experts at camouflage and love hiding in small, tight places luring prey with that pink, worm-like tongue! Aren't they cute?! 6:59 PM -22 May 2018
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    Sea turtle - Robert Irwin Follow @Robertirwin I feel very lucky to have spent so much time with turtles like this endangered green sea turtle. These spectacular creatures are so curious and intelligent and definitely deserve our protection. Happy #WorldTurtleDay ROBERT RWIN 7:13 PM 22 May 2018
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    Sea turtle - Bindi Irwin Follow @Bindilrwin Celebrating the angels of the sea this #WorldTurtleDay. We are truly blessed to have these gentle beauties living in our oceans. Now it's up to us to protect them for the generations to come 5:27 PM-22 May 2018
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    Sand - FBeat Plastic Pollution World Turtle Day
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    Sea turtle - USC Follow USC @usceduau This baby #turtle was found having ingested multiple plastic particles. USC researchers and students are conducting marine debris surveys on the #FraserCoast to determine the impact of plastic reduction schemes. #WorldTurtleDay @mantaturtle 6:20 PM 22 May 2018
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    Sand - Beat PlasticPollution World Turtle Day
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    Sand - Beat PlasticPollutton World Turtle Day
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    Sea turtle - AIMS Follow @aims_gov_au It's #worldturtleday - a day to shell-ebrate! Our researchers track turtles off Australia's north west to discover where they travel. This helps us identify areas of high risk, where #turtle and human activities overlap. aims.gov.au/species-at-ris... 7:39 PM - 22 May 2018
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    Organism - Samantha Nixon Follow @SamNScience Did you know that some species of turtle grip venomous jellyfish with their flippers, allowing them to safely eat the non-stinging edible parts? Read more in @Nature goo.gl/ja9LNn #WorldTurtleDay 6:24 PM 22 May 2018
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