Hawksbill sea turtle are taken by humans, though it is illegal to hunt them in many countries. In some parts of the world, hawksbill sea turtles are eaten as a delicacy. As far back as the fifth century BC, sea turtles, including the hawksbill, were eaten as delicacies in China. Many cultures also use turtles' shells for decoration. These turtles have been harvested for their beautiful shell since Egyptian times, and the material known as tortoiseshell is normally from the hawksbill. In China, where it was known as "tai mei", the hawksbill is called the "tortoise-shell turtle", named primarily for its shell, which
Hawksbill Station Jeff Vogel, a small indie game developer, as having influenced the design for his game "Exile: Escape from the Pit", saying that while most of the game's plotlines were his, this classic short story helped shape his ideas. Hawksbill Station Hawksbill Station is a science fiction novel by American writer Robert Silverberg. The novel is an expanded version of a short story first published in "Galaxy Science Fiction" in August 1967. The novel was published in 1968 and was released in the United Kingdom under the title "The Anvil of Time". Hawksbill Station was a penal colony in the Precambrian