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Title: Coast watch
Identifier: coastwatch00uncs_11 (find matches)
Year: 1979 (1970s)
Authors: UNC Sea Grant College Program
Subjects: Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology
Publisher: (Raleigh, N. C. : UNC Sea Grant College Program)
Contributing Library: State Library of North Carolina
Digitizing Sponsor: North Carolina Digital Heritage Center

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COASTAL TIDINGS When Whales Walked Whales have been around for millions of years, but they haven't always called the ocean home. When dinosaurs lived on Earth, whales walked on land. They had four legs and probably walked like alligators. We know whales walked because they still have leg bones in their bodies. And the bones in their flippers match the bones in a human arm and hand. Over thousands of years, whales' back legs disappeared. Their front legs changed to flippers, and these giant mammals took a dive to a more watery environment. Sea Turtle Strandings Down
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Jea turtle strandings along the North Carolina coast were down 25 percent in 1997 compared to the previous year, but preliminary data suggest that nesting was low, according to Ruth Boettcher, N.C. Sea Turtle Project coordi- nator. Through mid-November, 353 strandings were reported; 471 turtles stranded during the same period in 1996. Most strandings occurred in Dare (113) and Carteret (110) counties, probably because they have the longest shorelines, Boettcher says. Brunswick County had 52 strandings. Most of the stranded turtles were loggerheads,

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