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Naturalist Rudy Mancke looks at the skull of the loggerhead sea turtle.
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Naturalist Rudy Mancke removes the spins of the sea urchin and explains what a test is.
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Naturalist Rudy Mancke shows the different parts of the horseshoe crab.
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“L” is for Loggerhead Turtle. State Reptile. The loggerhead turtle, a threatened species, is one of the world’s eight living species of turtles and evolved some sixty-five million to seventy million...
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“P” is for Pinckney Island Wildlife Refuge. Pinckney Island Wildlife Refuge is in Beaufort County, between Skull Creek and Mackay Creek. The Refuge was established in 1975 and opened in 1985. It is...
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• Gelsemium rankinii • Sometimes called "Jasamer" in SC • Other common names include Woodbine, Carolina, Evening Trumpet Flower • State flower of South Carolina • Native plant • Woody climbing vine...
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• Pterourus glaucus • Male is bright yellow with black stripes • Female is less colorful than male • Eats nectar from flowers
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• Order Anura • Hatches from eggs laid in water • Some eggs laid in moist land areas or dropped into water or swept into water by rains or carried to water by parent • Developmental stage between egg...
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• Sedum smallii • Sedum Family (Crassulaceae) • 35 genera and 1,500 species • Succulent herb or small shrub • Leaves simple, alternate or opposite, fleshy • Sepals 4 or 5; petals 4 or 5, free or...
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• Ambystoma maculatum • Widespread in the United States • Stoutly built, 15.2 - 24.8 cm (6 - 9.75 inches) • Black, blue-black, dark gray or dark brown above • Two irregular rows of round, yellow or...