This type of turtle is the heaveist of all the turtles. Most sea turtles
weigh over hundreds of pounds!
Sea turtles live in oceanswhere the water is never very cold. In this type
of water the sea turtle only face danger from human beings, and sharks.
Sea turtles spend most of their lives in the ocean. However the females
only come ashore to nest. the female turtle usually nest at night. The
female crawls from the ocean and sets her nest on the dark beach.
Sea turtles protect their bodies by a hard shell. the turtles on land,
and in fresh water can hide their heads, but however sea turtles cannot.
They have very large shoulder mucles, so they could have enough power for
their front flippers. Their mucles are to large for their head to fit inside
their shell.
There are
many different types of sea turtles. Here are a few names of sea turtle:
Hawksbill, Loggerhead, Olive Ridley, Kemp's Ridley, Leather Back, and the
Flatback. The only sea turtle who nests in large amounts are the Loggerhead
who lives in the United States.
The largest
sea turtle although would be the Leatherback. There was once a 1,500 pound
Leatherback sea tutle found!Loggerheads usually weigh any where between
170-350 pounds. Ridley turtles are the smallest sea turtle, which weighs
80 pounds.
Sea turltles
are usually found in the ocean north of New Jersey. Then on the Pacific
coast they swim north of Caloiforina. They usually nest by North and South
of Carolina, Georgia, and Florida.
Did you know
that all sea turtles don't eat thye same thing!The Leatherbacks mainly
eat jellyfish. Loggerheads also eat jellyfish, put prefer animals that
live in shell's. The Hawksbill turtles eat only marine plants, but sometimes
animal life.
When the
female turtle lays her nests she usually lays about 110 eggs. The sea trurtle
babies hatch about 10 weeks after they are laid.Each baby turtle is the
size of a silver dollar. As soon as they are born they race to the sea.
By Kayla Isaacs