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Green Shell with Green fat Long flippers with feet flippers. || **Life Cycle A mother lays her eggs on the beach and then the eggs hatch and they go to the sea the they mate and the mom lays eggs and it start's all over again.** ||  || **Growth 35 years of maturing** ||  || **Body Functions They have flippers to swim and a shell for protection.** ||  || **Location / Habitat Flatback turtles live in Australia Hawksbill live in the tropical waters of Atlantic, pacific, and Indian oceans.** ||  || **Adaption A sea turtle's adaptation is the Shell. Then they have the ability to swim and dive, to feed themselves able to get on land** ||  || **Problems Humans take the Turtles eggs. and the small animals such as Racoons and skunks and artificial lighting so babys can't find their way to the ocean.** ||  || **Behavior  **Sea turtles are not generally considered social animals; however, some species do congregate offshore. Sea turtles gather together to mate. Members of some species travel together to nesting grounds. ||  || **Diet Hawksbills diets are made up of Jellyfish. Oive Ridley's diet is made up of Algea and Seaweed.Green Sea turtles are Herbivores and eat seaweed and Algea. Loggerhead Sea Turtle eats They eat horseshoe crabs, clams, mussels, and other invertebrates.Leatherback turtles feed on soft-bodied animals such as jellyfish and ctenophores (such as comb jellies). It is said that leatherback turtle meat may also cause poisoning in humans because of the diet of jellyfish. Also Shrimp and Plankton.**

**Leatherback turtles feed on soft-bodied animals such as jellyfish and ctenophores (such as comb jellies). It is said that leatherback turtle meat may also cause poisoning in humans because of the diet of jellyfi** **Leatherback turtles feed on soft-bodied animals such as jellyfish and ctenophores (such as comb jellies). It is said that leatherback turtle meat may also cause poisoning in humans because of the diet of jellyfish.** **Leatherback turtles feed on soft-bodied animals such as jellyfish and ctenophores (such as comb jellies). It is said that leatherback turtle meat may also cause poisoning in humans because of the diet of jellyfish.** **Leatherback turtles fee** ||  || **Predators / Prey The predators are humans, Sharks, and small little animals.** ||  || **Family groups** **Chelonioidea** ||  || **Relatives Tortises and if you are are a Sea Turtle like the Green Turtle you have the Flatback Leatherback the Hawksbill, the, Olive ridley, and the Kemp's Ridley, then their is the snapping turtle.** ||  ||   ||












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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_Turtle
1. seven living species of sea turtles: [|flatback], [|green sea turtle], [|Hawksbill], [|Kemp's Ridley], [|Leatherback], [|Loggerhead] and [|Olive Ridley] [|2. The [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leatherback_sea_turtle|leatherback] is the only sea turtle that does not have a hard shell 3. During routine activity green and loggerhead turtles dive for about 4 to 5 minutes and surface to breathe for 1 to 3 seconds. 4. Turtles can rest or sleep underwater for several hours at a time. 5. Sea turtles are highly sensitive to the Earth's [|magnetic field] and use it to navigate. 6. The longevity of sea turtles has been speculated at 80 years. 7. The Ridley turtles are especially peculiar because instead of nesting individually like the other species, they come ashore in one mass arrival known as an "arribada". 8. After about 30 years of maturing, adult female sea turtles return to the land to nest at night. 9. Mothers lay from one to eight nests per nesting seasons. 10. Mothers dig a hole from 40 to 50 centimeters. with a clutch of soft-shelled eggs one by one until she has deposited around 150 to 200 eggs. 11. Marine turtles are caught worldwide, despite it being illegal to hunt most of the species in many countries. 12. All species of sea turtles are listed as threatened or endangered. 13. Green Turtles are among the largest sea turtles in the world. 14. Weighing up to 700 pounds (317.5 kilograms) green turtles are among the largest sea turtles in the world. 15. Males are slightly larger than females and have a longer tail.

16. A major threat to sea turtles is the black market trade in eggs and meat. 17. Unlike most sea turtles, adult green turtles are herbivorous, feeding on sea grasses and algae. 18. Sea turtles play key roles in two ecosystems that are critical to them as well as to humans—the oceans and beaches/dunes. 19. If sea turtles were to become extinct, the negative impact on beaches and the oceans would potentially be significant. 20. In the oceans, for example, sea turtles, especially green sea turtles, are one of the very few creatures. (manatees are another)

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[|__more than 150,000 pounds of eggs are laid each year.22. Juvenile green turtles, however, will also eat invertebrates like crabs, jellyfish, and sponges.23. Sea turtles possess a salt excretory gland at the corner of the eye, in the nostrils, or in the tongue, depending upon the species; chelonian salt glands are oriented in the corner of the eyes in leatherback turtles.24. The Eastern Pacific green turtle will take to land to bask in the sun.25. Hawksbill turtles avoid deep waters, preferring coastlines where sponges are abundant and sandy nesting sites are within reach.26. hawksbills grow up to about 45 inches.27. in shell length and 150 pounds in weight.28. They are normally found near reefs rich in the sponges they like to feed on.29. Hawksbills are omnivorous and will also eat mollusks, marine algae, crustaceans, sea urchins, fish, and jellyfish.30. Their hard shells protect them from many predators, but they still fall prey to large fish, sharks, crocodiles, octopuses, and humans.31. Like other sea turtles, hawksbills make incredible migrations in order to move from feeding sites to nesting grounds, normally on tropical beaches.32. the turtles retreat to the sea after laying it's eggs, which will hatch in about 60 days.33. Loggerhead turtles are on the threatened species list since 1978.34. The largest of all hard-shelled turtles are the Loggerhead.35. in shell length and weigh about 250 pounds.36. but large specimens of more than 1,000 pounds.37. They are primarily carnivores, munching jellyfish, conchs, crabs, and even fish, but will eat seaweed and sargassum occasionally.38. Mature females will often return, sometimes over thousands of miles, to the beach where they hatched to lay their eggs.39. The Kemp’s ridley turtle is the world’s most endangered sea turtle.__]

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__40.__The olive ridley turtle is named for the generally greenish color of its skin and shell, or carapace. 41. t is closely related to the Kemp’s ridley. 42. Olive and Kemp’s ridleys are the smallest of the sea turtles. 43. weighing up to 100 pounds (45 kilograms). 44. and reaching only about 2 feet (65 centimeters) in shell length. 45. The olive ridley has a slightly smaller head and smaller shell than the Kemp’s. 46. These turtles are solitary, preferring the open ocean. They migrate hundreds or even thousands of miles. 47. when females return to the beaches where they hatched and lumber onshore, sometimes in the thousands, to nest. 48. Olive ridleys have nesting sites all over the world, on tropical and subtropical beaches. 49. During nesting, they use the wind and the tide to help them reach the beach. 50. Females lay about 100 eggs, but may nest up to three times a year. 51. The nesting season is from June to December. 52. The olive ridley is mostly carnivorous, feeding on such creatures as jellyfish, snails, crabs, and shrimp. 53. They will occasionally eat algae and seaweed as well. 54. Hatchlings, most of which perish before reaching the ocean, are preyed on by crabs, raccoons, pigs, snakes, and birds, among others. 55. Adults are often taken by sharks. 56. Though the olive ridley is widely considered the most abundant of the marine turtles, by all estimates, it is in trouble. 57. Rough estimates put the worldwide population of nesting females at about 800,000, but its numbers, particularly in the western Atlantic have declined precipitously. 58. The United States lists the western Atlantic population of olive ridleys as endangered and all other populations as threatened. 59. The earliest known sea turtle fossils are about 150 million years old. 60. Olive Ridleys are [|__omnivorous.__]

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[|61.][|Flatback turtles are usually found in bays, shallow, grassy waters, coral reefs, estuaries and lagoons on the northern coast of Australia and off the coast of][|Papua New Guinea]. 62. The Flatback turtle is known to be rather broad in its eating habits and can eat a variety such as seagrass, marine invertebrates (such as mollusks, jellyfish and shrimp) and fishes. It also is known to be a consumer of soft coral, sea cucumbers and other soft-bodied creatures.[|[1]] [|63.][|The Flatback turtle is unusual because it lays fewer, but larger eggs than the other [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_turtle|sea turtle] species. 64. Hatching is the most dangerous time for flatback. 65. After laying between 50 and 75 eggs she covers them first with her hind flippers, and then flings sand back with her front flippers. 66. They will only nest every 2-3 years. 67. There are around 54 eggs in each clutch, and the [|rookeries] are usually small.[|[1]]

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[|68.][|Kemp's Ridley sea turtle changes color with its development.69. As hatchlings they are almost entirely a dark gray-black.70. Adult hawksbill turtles have been known to grow up to a metre (3.3 feet) in length, weighing around 80 kilograms (176 lbs) on average. The heaviest hawksbill ever captured was measured to be 127 kilograms.[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawksbill_Turtle#cite_note-VDGIF-2|[]

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[|71.][|The hawksbill turtle has several characteristics that distinguish it from other, closely-related species.72. Due to its consumption of venomous [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cnidarian|cnidarians] hawksbill turtle flesh can reach certain levels of [|toxicity].[|[9]] [|73.][|__Throughout the world, hawksbill turtles are taken by humans even though it is illegal to hunt them in many countries.__]

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__74. Leatherback turtles follow the general [|sea turtle__ body plan.75. The leatherback turtle is a species with a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmopolitan_distribution|cosmopolitan] global [|range].

Question and Answer with the Sea Turtle Me: Welcome to the the new show question with animals and here is our first animal on the show Mr. Sea Turtle. Crowd: YaMe: Hi Sea Turtle how is life in the water. Sea turtle: It's wet but nice.Me: So what would you say is the best adaptation a Sea turtle. Sea Turtle: It is probably either a shell or the flippers. Me: Is being in the water cool Sea Turtle: Yes their are some interesting spots but the bottom is the best.Me: So what types of Sea Turtles Sea Turtle: Their is seven their are the loggerhead, leatherback, Kemp's ridley, olive Ridley, the Green Sea Turtle, Hawksbill, and the Flat back.Me: So how long can you stay under water.Sea Turtle: We can dive for 4 to 5 minutes and then come back and breath from 1 to 3 seconds.Me: Wow that's a long time, so how long are Turtles lives.Sea Turtles: well normal tortoises can live to 200 years but Sea Turtles only live to 75 to 100 years.Me: Wow both Turtles still live good lives. Where do Sea Turtles live.Sea Turtle: Sea Turtles can be found anywhere except the Artic Ocean.Me: So you can find Turtles everywhere, wow, but everyone has problems whats Sea turtles Problems.Sea Turtle: Well Sea Turtles are in trouble by the Black Trade of eggs and small animals that eat are eggs.Me: Well what happens if the eggs survive.Sea Turtle: Then their on their own the mom leaves her eggs and doesn't come back.Me: Harsh, mean mom so what is the life when the eggs do make it through.Sea Turtle: Well first they have to survive the animals then the artificial lightning.Me: So they do a lot to make it through, how many eggs does the mom lay.Sea Turtle: Usually 80 to 120. Me: Wow so theirs a lot so you don't have to worry nope. What is the Sea Turtle life cycle. Sea Turtle: Well that's easy the mom lays the eggs the eggs hatch they then mate and it starts all over again. Me: Wow that is cool, So I here that you have some endangered species. Sea Turtle: Well it is the Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle. Me: How do they die to begin with.Sea Turtle: Well usually they die before the eggs even get to the Sea before they die, usually by the Black trade in selling Eggs or by small animals but sometimes they do hatch but can't find their way to the Ocean by the artificial lightning. Sometimes they make it but die by sharks.Me: Well that is a good a good explanation. So how long have Turtles been around.Sea Turtles: Have been around since 230 Million Years.Me: Wow So Sea Turtles have seen Dinosaurs. Sea Turtle: Yes Actually we have.Me: Can you catch a disease From Sea Turtles.Sea Turtle: Actually you can if your not careful Me: So Should I be worried Sea Turtle: probably not you should be fine.Me: Okay good, where was I right so do people kill animals.Sea Turtle: Yes people can poach Sea Turtles that come and lay eggs their is a Turtle that was found a nickel stuffed down his throat.Me: So are their areas that keep animals safe.Sea Turtle: Yes their are the Shedd Aquarium and places all over the world that kepp them safe.Me: well that's good that people are helping them, well thank you for coming to day.Sea Turtle: ThankYou.

Menu Frosted Seaweed..............................................................................................................................................................................................$3.99 (Frosted Seaweed is a Native Seaweed with pink frosting)JellyFish with Algea Seasoning.............................................................................................................................................................................$5.99 (Cooked Jellyfish with a Algea cut up and turned into a seasoning) Clamed Mussles..................................................................................................................................................................................................$4.99 (Juicy Clams filled with Mussles)

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S- **Superfamily called** **Chelonioidea.** E- Earth’s Magnetic field let’s turtles Navigate. A- A major threat to Sea turtles are the black Market trade with Eggs and Meat. T- The turtles, as air-breathing reptiles, must surface to breathe. U- Usually Sea turtles inhabit all oceans of the world. There are five species of sea turtles found in the Gulf of Mexico. R- Ridley (Kemp’s Ridley) Sea turtles and Hawksbill Sea Turtles are Critically endangered. T- [|__Tortoiseshell__], a traditional decorative ornamental material used in Japan and China, is derived from the [|__carapace__] [|__scutes__] of the [|__hawksbill turtle__]. L- largest of all living [|__sea turtles__] E- Earth's [|__magnetic field__] help Sea Turtles to navigate. S- [|__superfamily__] Chelonioidea has a worldwide distribution; sea turtles can be found in all oceans except for the polar regions.