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Sea Turtle Glossary

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Imprint

Impress on or fix in the mind memory of a thing or person. In the case of sea turtles, hatchling turtles are thought to imprint on the beach or coastal area from where they hatched, enabling them to return to this site to breed.

See also: natal homing

WWW References:

• Comparing Two Turtles

Citations:

• Grassman, M. 1993. Chemosensory orientation behavior in juvenile sea turtles. - Brain Behav. Evol. 41: 224-228.

Entered by: Annette Broderick
Modified by: Matthew Godfrey
Entered: 2004-12-16 06:49:54
Last modified: 2005-05-05 21:02:21