"Scientists at the Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig in Bonn (ZFMK) raise the alarm. Climate change could lead to the end of all turtle species. "
Under the heading "the turtles from dying?" Once again shocked the religious climate Bonner General-Anzeiger too loyal readership (28/02/2012) be.
Turtles - that should do it - was first published more than 220 million years in the Carnian (Upper Triassic). The armored animals are therefore among the most successful species of our blue planet. There are 313 species and 200 subspecies of shy, egg-laying reptiles.
220 million years long so it was always and always stable climate, with temperatures consistently pleasant and friendly for the armored carrier multiplication? Probably not.
Survive for 30 million years the current tortoise ice age (at least one of the poles glaciated), called "Känozoiosches Ice Age".
Wikipedia knows : "The Anpassungsfähigkei tons of turtles has been able to secure its continued existence to the present time." adaptability to all Klimafährnisse - which had been expected at a track record of 220 million years ago! Turtles put the people to loose in the bag. (more ...)
















