{"id":2963,"date":"2021-03-08T08:22:36","date_gmt":"2021-03-08T06:22:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/caboverdenatura2000.org\/biodiversidad\/"},"modified":"2024-03-13T15:40:02","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T13:40:02","slug":"biodiversity","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/caboverdenatura2000.org\/en\/biodiversity\/","title":{"rendered":"Boa Vista and its biodiversity"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2963\" class=\"elementor elementor-2963 elementor-70\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-eb2ed01 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"eb2ed01\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-16e792e elementor-hidden-phone\" data-id=\"16e792e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d572d2b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d572d2b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0addcbe\" data-id=\"0addcbe\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-0aeea7e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0aeea7e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5e0c305\" data-id=\"5e0c305\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50178ec elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"50178ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">SEA TURTLES<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f7f7ce elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6f7f7ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In the archipelago of Cape Verde, 5 of the 7 species of sea turtles that exist in the world have been observed to date. Currently all species of sea turtles are in danger of extinction, although there are laws for their protection at the international level.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-944d9a4 see-more-biodiversity elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"944d9a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><a style=\"color: #ffffff;\" href=\"#\"><strong>View more<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d738210 see-more-biodiversity-content elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d738210\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7197922\" data-id=\"7197922\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ffb1ccb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ffb1ccb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In the archipelago of Cape Verde,<strong> 5 of the 7 species of sea turtles<\/strong> that exist in the world have been observed to date:<\/p><ul><li>Common or Loggerhead turtle (<em>Caretta caretta)<\/em> nesting in the archipelago.<\/li><li>Green turtle (<em>Chelonia mydas)<\/em>: in a juvenile state, although in recent years nests have been recorded in Sal, Boa Vista and Maio.<\/li><li>Olive turtle (<em>Lepidochelys olivacea)<\/em>: from which dead or sick individuals have been recorded, although in recent years nesting has been recorded in Sal, Boa Vista and Maio<\/li><li>Carey turtle (<em>Eretmochelys imbricata)<\/em>: juvenile stage.<\/li><li>Leatherback turtle (<em>Dermochelys coriacea)<\/em>: sporadic observation.<\/li><\/ul><p>Currently all species of sea turtles are in danger of extinction, although there are laws for their protection at the international level.<\/p><p>The <em>Caretta caretta <\/em>population of Cape Verde is the only nesting colony in the eastern Atlantic basin, the 2nd largest colony in the Atlantic and the 3rd most important in the world, after Oman and Florida, but it is also found within the 11 populations of most endangered sea turtles in the world according to IUCN 2011 (International Union for Conservation of Nature).<\/p><p>Boa Vista welcomes on its beaches more than 65% of the nesting of the entire archipelago. This nesting is concentrated on the beaches of the eastern and southeastern coast of the island, in the Reserva Natural da Tartaruga (RNT) and in the Parque Natural do Norte (PNN), but can be observed in almost every beach in the island.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3a699e6 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3a699e6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fdf1a66\" data-id=\"fdf1a66\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-ca73838 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ca73838\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-6209f4a\" data-id=\"6209f4a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c00cced elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c00cced\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">CETACEANS<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-716687a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"716687a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A total of 24 species were observed in the archipelago, 5 from the group of large whales (cetaceans with beards) and 19 from the group of dolphins, pilot whales and sperm whales (cetaceans with teeth).<\/p><p>On the island of Boa Vista the most famous species is the humpback whale&#8230;<\/p><p>&#8230;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd8c4e1 see-more-biodiversity elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bd8c4e1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><a style=\"color: #ffffff;\" href=\"#\"><strong>View more<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f7b6fab elementor-hidden-phone\" data-id=\"f7b6fab\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e854953 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e854953\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bc60830 see-more-biodiversity-content elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bc60830\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0573f6e\" data-id=\"0573f6e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2398b73 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2398b73\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A total of 24 species were observed in the archipelago, 5 from the group of large whales (cetaceans with beards) and 19 from the group of dolphins, pilot whales and sperm whales (cetaceans with teeth).<\/p><p>On the island of Boa Vista the most famous species is the <strong>humpback whale<\/strong>.<\/p><p>Every spring from March to May, they migrate from the feeding areas in the North Atlantic, mainly from the coasts of Canada and Greenland, for their reproduction in the waters between Sal, Boa Vista, Maio and Santiago.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b2e1450 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b2e1450\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c40708a elementor-hidden-phone\" data-id=\"c40708a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8fffdb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e8fffdb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c2556d6\" data-id=\"c2556d6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-4a00de9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4a00de9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-51d13db\" data-id=\"51d13db\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54fb4e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"54fb4e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">BIRDS<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-88dd991 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"88dd991\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In Boa Vista is a regular breeding ground of 8 species of seabirds: White-faced storm petrel (<em>Pelagodroma marina<\/em>), Madeiran storm-petrel (<em>Oceanodroma castro<\/em>), Bulwer\u2019s petrel (<em>Bulweria bulwerii<\/em>), Cape Verde little shearwater (<em>Puffinus boydi)<\/em>&#8230;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8dd4b93 see-more-biodiversity elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8dd4b93\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><a style=\"color: #ffffff;\" href=\"#\"><strong>View more<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8f83f6c see-more-biodiversity-content elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8f83f6c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7e33e42\" data-id=\"7e33e42\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51e3a34 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"51e3a34\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In Boa Vista is a regular breeding ground of <strong>8 species of seabirds<\/strong>: White-faced storm petrel (<em>Pelagodroma marina<\/em>), Madeiran storm-petrel (<em>Oceanodroma castro<\/em>), Bulwer\u2019s petrel (<em>Bulweria bulwerii<\/em>), Cape Verde little shearwater (<em>Puffinus boydi)<\/em>, Cape Verde shearwater (<em>Calonetris edwadsii<\/em>), Brown booby (<em>Sula leucogaster<\/em>) and red-billed tropicbird (<em>Phaethon aetereus<\/em>). We will also find osprey (<em>Pandion haliaetus<\/em>), a bird of prey completely adapted to catch surface fish in shallow beaches and bays. All of them are strictly protected by international agreements and laws of the Republic of Cape Verde.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2ba4aba elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2ba4aba\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-270504f\" data-id=\"270504f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-32a4447 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"32a4447\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-04a3142\" data-id=\"04a3142\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c8e2cdf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c8e2cdf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">SHARKS<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f23cde elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3f23cde\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In the waters of Boa Vista nearly 20 species are regularly observed. The most endangered are the hammerhead shark (<em>Sphyrna lewini)<\/em>, manta ray (<em>Mobula birostris<\/em>), tiger shark (<em>Galeocerdo cuvier<\/em>), mako shark (<em>Isurus oxyrinchus<\/em>) and the whale shark (<em>Rhincodon typus<\/em>)&#8230;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7152f7e see-more-biodiversity elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7152f7e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><a style=\"color: #ffffff;\" href=\"#\"><strong>View more<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-199ecbd elementor-hidden-phone\" data-id=\"199ecbd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab7369a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ab7369a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-41a427b see-more-biodiversity-content elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"41a427b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fe31df6\" data-id=\"fe31df6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e09732b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e09732b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In the waters of Boa Vista nearly <strong>20 species<\/strong> are regularly observed. The most endangered are the hammerhead shark (<em>Sphyrna lewini)<\/em>, manta ray (<em>Mobula birostris<\/em>), tiger shark (<em>Galeocerdo cuvier<\/em>), mako shark (<em>Isurus oxyrinchus<\/em>) and the whale shark (<em>Rhincodon typus<\/em>). The beaches of Sal Rei, Baia das Gatas and Porto Ferreira are generally used as nursery and growth zones for juveniles of different species such as hammerhead shark, black tip shark, Spinner shark, Milk shark, Common smooth hound and Atlantic weasel shark, respectively.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4aa8544 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4aa8544\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-737947a\" data-id=\"737947a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a287333\" data-id=\"a287333\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-7829015 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7829015\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-43c7553\" data-id=\"43c7553\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa92958 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fa92958\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">MARINE INVERTEBRATES<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-762b519 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"762b519\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Mollusks occupy a prominent place due to their great genetic diversity and the number of endemic species. In Cape Verde there are 168 species (71 genera, 36 families) of snails and the like&#8230;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9271139 see-more-biodiversity elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9271139\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><a style=\"color: #ffffff;\" href=\"#\"><strong>View more<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b5a7aa0 see-more-biodiversity-content elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b5a7aa0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d976107\" data-id=\"d976107\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e5d70d1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e5d70d1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Mollusks occupy a prominent place due to their great genetic diversity and the number of endemic species.<\/p><p>In Cape Verde there are<strong> 168 species<\/strong> (71 genera, 36 families) of snails and the like, with the particularity of a Conidae family, which has 53 species in a single genus Connus spp., of which 16 are considered endemic to Boa Vista.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SEA TURTLES In the archipelago of Cape Verde, 5 of the 7 species of sea turtles that exist in the world have been observed to date. 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