{"id":26542,"date":"2017-05-31T13:21:04","date_gmt":"2017-05-31T13:21:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=26542"},"modified":"2017-05-31T13:21:04","modified_gmt":"2017-05-31T13:21:04","slug":"world-turtle-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/world-turtle-day\/","title":{"rendered":"World Turtle Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Question: When is &#8216;World Turtle Day&#8217; celebrated?<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) 22nd May<br \/>\n(b) 20th May<br \/>\n(c) 23rd May<br \/>\n(d) 24th May<br \/>\n<strong>Answer- (c)<br \/>\nRelated facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>World Turtle Day was celebrated on May 23rd, 2017, across the world.<\/li>\n<li>World Turtle day is celebrated to raise awareness on conservation of the rare species of tortoise and turtles and to prohibit their illegal trafficking.<\/li>\n<li>American Turtle Rescue (ATR), a non-profit organization established in 1990, started celebrating this day since 2000.<\/li>\n<li>The organization aims to protect tortoise and their disappearing habitats around the world.<\/li>\n<li>Turtle species is considered to be one of the world&#8217;s oldest surviving species.<\/li>\n<li>The presence of turtles on the earth is considered prior to mammals, birds, reptiles, snakes and lizards.<\/li>\n<li>According to biologists, turtles and tortoises are some of the most long-lived members of the reptile family because their armor gives them protection.<\/li>\n<li>Leathery turtle or simply the luth is the largest among all living turtles (weight approximately 1500 pounds).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Reference: <\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldturtleday.org\/blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.worldturtleday.org\/blank<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/energy-and-environment\/why-do-we-need-a-world-turtle-day\/article18529203.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/energy-and-environment\/why-do-we-need-a-world-turtle-day\/article18529203.ece<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.drsfostersmith.com\/pic\/article.cfm?articleid=828\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.drsfostersmith.com\/pic\/article.cfm?articleid=828<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cleanganganmcg\/status\/866882739936546817\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/cleanganganmcg\/status\/866882739936546817<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: When is &#8216;World Turtle Day&#8217; celebrated? (a) 22nd May (b) 20th May (c) 23rd May (d) 24th May Answer- (c) Related facts: World Turtle Day was celebrated on May 23rd, 2017, across the world. World Turtle day is celebrated to raise awareness on conservation of the rare species of tortoise and turtles and to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":26338,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1141],"tags":[2342,2340],"class_list":["post-26542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ydw-snews","tag-day-week","tag-year"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26542"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26542\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}