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Three weeks before the postman caterpillar turns into an adult, it eats 25,000 times its own body weight in passion flower leaves.


Turtle eggs offer lifeline to dunes


Turtle eggs offer lifeline to dunes
Researchers have discovered that the nutrients from unhatched loggerhead turtle eggs help to fertilize the dunes where they are laid. Coastal dunes, where turtles lay their eggs, are very fragile and the nutrients from the eggs help to enhance the health of the dunes.
15 AUGUST 1998, P. 11
New Scientist
15 AUGUST 1998, P. 11

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