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International Convention on Children's right
CyberDodo and Ants (1-1)
CyberDodo and Bees (1-5)
Beaches (1-6)
The Convention (2-1)
Definition of the Child – Article 1 and 2 - (2-2)
The Mission of CyberDodo (2-40)
CyberDodo and the waste of energy (1-20)
CyberDodo and persons with disabilities (2-20)
The importance of the media – Article 17 - (2-15)
CyberDodo and the Dangers of Fire (1-7)
Rivers (1-8)
Understanding the best interests of the child (2-3)
CyberDodo and the Monkeys (1-13)
Camels (1-31)
CyberDodo and Water (1-32)
Medicinal plants (1-33)
CyberDodo and the Penguins (1-34)
CyberDodo and child soldiers (2-30)
CyberDodo and the Cheetah (1-23) 
CyberDodo and the TseTse fly (1-47)
CyberDodo fights against the sexual exploitation of children (2-27)
CyberDodo and Coral (1-16)
CyberDodo and ground water tables (1-53)
The Right to a Nationality (2-37)
CyberDodo and the Forests (1-9)
CyberDodo takes on Obesity (2-34)
CyberDodo and the Eagles (1-21)
CyberDodo and the Implementation of the Agreement (2-4)
CyberDodo and Tortoises (1-24)
CyberDodo and the Freedom of Expression (2-13)
CyberDodo and the farmyard (1-25)
CyberDodo fights against Child Trafficking (2-28)
CyberDodo and Rhinos (1-28)
CyberDodo takes on the cigarette (2-35)
CyberDodo takes on child abuse (2-16)
CyberDodo fights against child labour (2-25)
CyberDodo and greenhouse gases (1-40)
CyberDodo fights against drug abuse (2-26)
CyberDodo and Street kids(1-38)
CyberDodo fights against child abduction (2-11)
CyberDodo and Clones (1-4)
CyberDodo and the Whales (1-10)
CyberDodo and the Right to Education (2-38)
CyberDodo and Dolphins (1-11)
3 minutes to discover CyberDodo!
CyberDodo defends the Right to Freedom of Expression in the Courts (2-12)
CyberDodo and solar energy (1-45)
CyberDodo and the Elephants (1-22)
CyberDodo fights against hunger (2-6)
CyberDodo and the Ozone Layer (1-35)
CyberDodo and Urban pollution (1-19)
CyberDodo and mother’s milk (2-7)
CyberDodo and Nutrition (1-55)
Raising awareness of the Convention (2-39)
CyberDodo and city maintenance (1-41)
CyberDodo and the Sea Lion (1-18)
CyberDodo and Dodos (1-2)
CyberDodo fights against sexual aggression (2-33)
Multimedia Press Release
CyberDodo and the Sharks (1-27)
CyberDodo and the Molluscs (1-26)
CyberDodo and illegal animal trafficking (1-30)
CyberDodo and the Right to Live with one’s own Parents (2-09)
CyberDodo and draught horses (1-36)
The Right to have a name
CyberDodo and the Dams (1-37)
CyberDodo commits to the right to respect of personal privacy (2-14)
CyberDodo and the Alligators (1-39)
CyberDodo and abandoned animals (1-43)
Let us fight against the sexual exploitation of children
Hall of Fame (Winners of CyberDodo's tournaments)
CyberDodo and Tortoises (1-24)
CyberDodo and Tortoises 1/2
Tortoises are amongst the oldest living animals on the earth, evolving only slightly over more than 100 million years.
This means that they were able to adapt to their environment, which was quite hospitable until the arrival onto the scene of ‘modern' man and his serial destructive ways.
How many species of tortoise are there?
About 300 species, all ovipara, populate our planet, and are divided into 3 groups: aquatic turtles, marine turtles and land tortoises.
Aquatic turtles:
As their name suggests, they live in water or close to water. In this case, what is the difference between the group of aquatic and marine turtles? It all simply has to do with the issue of water; marine species live in salty water, contrary to their aquatic cousins, who need fresh water and who can even spend a part of their life on terra firma.
Amongst aquatic turtles, there are, for example, Florida turtles, unfortunately chosen as pets for many children, particularly in Europe where its importation has since been banned. Because as soon as they were let go (Forgetting that they were living beings and not toys), they were released into nature and in fact their voracity endangered (and still endangers, in some places) local biotopes.
Marine turtles:
A marine turtle is a reptile that is capable of making the deepest dive (more than 1,000 metres!), a turtle representative of this group could be the giant ‘Luth', with certain species over a half tonne in weight and 2 metres in length. This exceptional creature has broken numerous records, including that of the heaviest turtle.
It is unfortunately under threat of extinction, of course always due to human activities (We will come back to this later).
Land Tortoises:
How can the giant tortoise of Seychelles not stand out as an example of the group of land tortoises? It measures more than a metre long, weighs 300 kilos, and particularly proves that it is sometimes profitable to take your time, because it has extraordinary longevity (Like its cousin from Galápagos). Scientists estimate that it is possible for them to live more than 150 years; a tortoise from Seychelles called Adwaitya even died in Calcutta zoo in 2006 and was more than 200 years old (But its exact age is steeped in controversy).
