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		<title>The Butt Breathing Fitzroy River Turtle</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2019 10:03:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<a href="https://critter.science/the-butt-breathing-fitzroy-river-turtle/" title="The Butt Breathing Fitzroy River Turtle" rel="nofollow"><img width="300" height="195" src="https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/frt1a-300x195.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="Fitzroy river turtle" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/frt1a-300x195.jpg 300w, https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/frt1a-800x521.jpg 800w, https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/frt1a-scaled.jpg 900w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><p>This article was originally published on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://critter.science">Critter Science</a>.</p>
<p>The Fitzroy River turtle is a species of freshwater turtle that lives in south eastern Queensland, Australia and is only found in tributaries of the Fitzroy River. Unfortunately, due mainly to <a class="glossaryLink" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="&#60;div class=glossaryItemTitle&#62;predation&#60;/div&#62;&#60;div class=glossaryItemBody&#62;Predators are animals (or an organisms) that kill and feed on another animal. The 1 that is killed to be eaten is called prey.Some examples or predators are: &#38;lt;strong&#38;gt;raptors&#38;lt;/strong&#38;gt;, &#38;lt;strong&#38;gt;wolves&#38;lt;/strong&#38;gt;, &#38;lt;strong&#38;gt;snakes&#38;lt;/strong&#38;gt;, &#38;lt;strong&#38;gt;cats&#38;lt;/strong&#38;gt;, and &#38;lt;strong&#38;gt;sharks&#38;lt;/strong&#38;gt;.&#60;/div&#62;" href="https://critter.science/glossary/predation/" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{"attribute":"data-cmtooltip", "format":"html"}]' tabindex="0" role="link">predation</a> and also human interference, these turtles are listed as Vulnerable by the IUCN. Conservation efforts are helping, but [&#x2026;]</p>
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