#Headline Creation Challenge #Soft Gold of the Ocean World - Tortoiseshell. Together with pearls, amber and coral, they are called the four organic gemstones.
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The tortoiseshell is fierce in temperament, clad in indestructible hard scales, and feeds on poisonous sponges and jellyfish. It has few natural predators in the sea, but it has been hunted in large numbers because it has beautiful back armor that humans regard precious, resulting in a sharp decline in population and becoming a critically endangered species today.
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物种小科普：
Hawksbill turtles are also known as hawk-billed turtles because their mouths resemble eagle beaks. Its mouth has a strong bite force, which can easily bite through the shell of crab shellfish, and the eagle's beak-shaped mouth also facilitates the hooking of small shrimp and squid in coral crevices. The taste of tortoiseshell is a bit unique, although it will also eat some small fish and shrimp, but most of the preferred foods are highly toxic, such as various sponges with high poison, as well as the fearsome monk's hat jellyfish. Because it often eats these poisonous foods, there is also a certain amount of toxins in its body, which makes predators dare not prey easily. Coupled with the fact that the tortoiseshell is covered with hard scales, few animals can bite through its shell, so the tortoiseshell is almost invincible in the ocean.
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In addition, in our impression, when the turtle feels threatened, it will retract its head and limbs into the shell of the turtle for self-protection, but the tortoiseshell's head will not retract. This is by no means because they are bold, hawksbill turtles are different from turtles living on land, but like other sea turtles, they cannot retract their heads in the sea, because as soon as they shrink their heads, the hydrodynamic shape will change, and what awaits them is to spin or sink in the water. Therefore, the way the turtle encounters danger is the same as the strategy taken when the armored luxury car is attacked, using the "armor" to quickly pass through the danger zone, which is why the tortoiseshell does not shrink its head in the sea.
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However, it is invincible in the sea, but because the back armor is regarded as a treasure by humans and suffered a large number of hunting, resulting in a sharp decline in the population, becoming a critically endangered species today.
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There is no killing without buying and selling, and we should resist such products. Protecting endangered species is everyone's responsibility.