Costa Rica Tico Times Directory- TurtlesCosta Rica's online source for fishing, products, services, real estate, arts, beaches, businesses, hotels, bars, restaurants, surfing, government The leatherback sea turtle, which can grow as long as 9 feet (2.7 meters) and 6 feet wide (1.8 meters), has inhabited this world for over 100 million years. It has outlasted the dinosaurs, the ice age and a multitude of other catastrophes.Sea Turtle Survival League and Caribbean Conservation- March 30, 2008http://www.ticotimes.com/costa-rica-turtles/detail/link-686.html Turtle Protection - Pacuare Nature Reserve - Costa Rica- March 18, 2008 The Pacuare Nature Reserve was established by the Endangered Wildlife Trust in 1989 and protects 800 hectares of lowland tropical rainforest and six kms. of deserted beach on Costa Rica's Caribbean coasthttp://www.ticotimes.com/costa-rica-turtles/detail/link-636.html |