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Cooler temperatures could influence endangered Mary River turtle nesting habits, experts say

Before a scorching end to January, it has been a cooler-than-average summer across South-East Queensland, and it appears humans are not the only ones who have been enjoying the drop in temperature.

On the banks of the Mary River at Tiaro, three hours north of Brisbane, endangered Mary River turtles are laying their nests later than usual this season, and their eggs are incubating longer than ever before.

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