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Premiered: July 17, 2007 at 10PM | Check for Rebroadcasts

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Watch an interview at the Museum of Natural History

More on different types of turtles

Resources: Turtles
Find out more about tortoises, terrapins and sea turtles on these recommended websites.

Listen to the filmmaker interview

Filmmaker Interview: Eric Daniel Metzgar
Download the extended audio podcast, watch a shorter video or read the full transcript of our interview with "The Chances of the World Changing" filmmaker, Eric Daniel Metzgar. And find out more about the music in the film in our production journal with Metzgar and composer Eric Liebman.

Learn about endangered species

A Conversation at the American Museum of Natural History
In this exclusive video, filmmaker Eric Daniel Metzgar goes to the American Museum of Natural History in New York City to talk with George Amato, director of conservation genetics, about the Asian turtle crisis and the relationship between evolution and extinction.

Resources: Conservation
Find out more about organizations that are working to save endangered species around the globe.

Download the classroom activity

For Educators
This lesson explores the interdependence of organisms in an ecosystem, identifies what some citizens are doing to protect endangered turtles and discusses whether or not humans have an obligation to help endangered species.

Watch an interview at the Museum of Natural History

A Conversation at the American Museum of Natural History
In this exclusive video, filmmaker Eric Daniel Metzgar goes to the American Museum of Natural History in New York City to talk with George Amato, director of conservation genetics, about the Asian turtle crisis and the relationship between evolution and extinction.

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Posted July 12, 2007

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