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Show "Animals Animals Animals" Hal Linden, alar of ABC News' young people's magazine series, "Animals Animals Animals," explores the world of turtles and tortoises, and asks, "Is a tortoise a turtle? Or la a turtle a tortoise? And If a turtle Is a tortoise, then a tortoise must surely be a turtle. And vice versa," on the program airing Sunday, Feb. 27 (10.30-10.55 a m.) on the ABC Television Network (Rebroadcast) "Animals Animals Animals" takes viewers to Hutchinson Island, Florida, where marine biologist Rust Wltham gathers turtle eggs from their sandy nests. Incubates them end releases the newborn creatures on ocean beachee. In a malor effort to protect them from their predator, for a aee tourney that takes' the turtles as far away a New York City, North Carolina, Bahamas and South America. The program also goes to Long Beach California, where that state's Inland Fisheries Department la studying the behavior of 1 35 tortoises with the electronic aid of radio telementry. Scientist Ron Marlow observes: "Tortoises may never drink weter throughout their lives, receiving their water only from food." Marlow comments on an ecological irony which keeps the Calllornla desert tortoise on the endangered list: "We protect the animals by law, but often do nothing lo protect the environment." Two fables come to life In colorful animation one about . a !2ind j"0 u' hatkcajiid ln9 the aeoond . , , featuring a Quick thinking turtle wRpsaves a bullfrog' from ' landing on a blue heron's dinner 'menu. |