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Article: Brazilian project is dedicated to saving 5 endangered species of sea turtles.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
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- October 8, 1998
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PRAIA DO FORTE, Brazil _ Sea turtles used to mean no more to Ulisses Santana, a skinny fisherman in this small coastal village, than an occasional hot meal and a bit of shark bait.
Today he reveres them. Two large concrete turtles mark the path to the small house he built selling papier-mache turtles to U.S. and European tourists who flock here by the thousands. On most afternoons, you can find the former predator slopping strips of newspaper over a turtle- shaped mold.
``Turtles have become a big part of my life,'' Santana, 47, said solemnly. ``Today, if I or any other fisherman sees a turtle sick on the shore, we stop and try to help it.''
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