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A turtle hospital in Florida said all the turtles they tested for the past four years have been female, a worrying trend it attributes to climate change. The temperature of the sand where the eggs are buried influences the sex of sea turtles. Males are already a small minority of sea turtles — outnumbered around 10 to one — and as the sand gets hotter fewer and fewer males develop. Experts disagree about the effect of this trend on the survival of sea turtle species. Regardless, climate change is putting heavy pressure on the endangered animals, an expert told Insider. Click the link in our bio to learn more. Story by Marianne Guenot. (Credit: Getty Images)
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