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=__Welcome to my turtle Wiki!!! __=
 * We should really stop hurting the Sea Turtles, they are like people too. We are hurting them like littering the ocean with trash bags they would think it's a jellyfish and eat it. And people kill them for their meats and/or shells. Their shells are made for jewelery. Why would you buy a pretty bracelet that is made of turtle shells? That is just plain wrong. **


 * "Sea turtles have swum Earth’s oceans for over 110 million years. They have weathered drastic ecological change, endured the fall of the dinosaurs, and witnessed the dawn of our own species. Now, because of human conduct, they are threatened with extinction." -Conservation.org **

=**__FUN FACTS __**=
 * **Sea Turtles can smell underwater. **
 * **They have ears but their ears are covered by their skin. **
 * **They all but one turtle have a pair of scales in front of their eyes. **
 * **Their eyesight is better under water than them on the surface of the water. **

 =**__ The Leatherback Sea Turtle __**=
 * **Named for its shell. It's shell lacks a hard shell and looks like leather. **
 * **Can weight up to/over 900 kilograms (2,000 lbs.) **
 * **Shell is not hard and looks leathery **
 * **Found almost everywhere in the world **
 * **There are a lot of them but they're still listed as endangered. **
 * **Largest of all living Sea Turtles: from 6 to 8 feet long. Wow, that's big! **
 * **<span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Can survive down to 40 degrees. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Brrrrr! That is cold! **
 * **<span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">The largest Leatherback ever found was 10 feet long and weighed 2,019 lbs! <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> That is really, really big! **

=**__<span style="color: #ffcc00; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Olive Ridley Sea Turtle __**= =<span style="color: #ffcc00; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> =
 * **<span style="color: #ffcc00; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Can grow from 24 to 30 inches. **
 * **<span style="color: #ffcc00; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Found in Tropical waters: South Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans. **
 * **<span style="color: #ffcc00; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Nest annually. **
 * **<span style="color: #ffcc00; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Named for the its shell. **
 * **<span style="color: #ffcc00; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Often killed in shrimp trawls and gill nets **
 * **<span style="color: #ffcc00; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">They can live up to 50 or 60 years. **
 * **<span style="color: #ffcc00; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Their eggs and meat are highly prized in Japan **

=** __<span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Hawksbill __**=
 * **<span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">﻿They get their name for their hawk-like beak **
 * **<span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">30-36 inches in length **
 * **<span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Their shell and oils are in restless demand **
 * **<span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Their shell slightly changes depending of the water temperature. Isn't that cool? **

=**<span style="color: #ffcc00; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> __Loggerhead__ **=
 * **<span style="color: #ffcc00; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Reddish-brown color **
 * **<span style="color: #ffcc00; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">33-40 inches in length **
 * **<span style="color: #ffcc00; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Common in the Southeastern U.S. **
 * **<span style="color: #ffcc00; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">They feed on jellyfish, crab, and mollusks **
 * **<span style="color: #ffcc00; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Their biggest danger is commercial fishing. **
 * **<span style="color: #ffcc00; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">They nest in the spring and lay from 100-125 eggs **

=**__ <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Green Sea Turtle __**= = __<span style="color: #ffcc00; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Flatback __=
 * **<span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">36 to 43 inches in length **
 * **<span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">They eat sea grass and aglae which gives them their color **
 * **<span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">You can recognize the turtle from other turtles by the pattern on its shell **
 * <span style="color: #ffcc00; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">They are named for their flat shell
 * <span style="color: #ffcc00; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Their shell can grow up to 39 inches (1 meter)
 * <span style="color: #ffcc00; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">The female can weigh up to 90 k
 * <span style="color: #ffcc00; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">It has a gray color and a greasy touch to it
 * <span style="color: #ffcc00; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">It eats fish, prawns, sea cucumbers, jellyfish, and sometimes algae
 * <span style="color: #ffcc00; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Sometimes they come up to the surface of the water and birds perch on them

=__<span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Questions __= <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Q:How can they live so long?

<span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">A:They never die of old age. Even at an old age, internal parts of their body do not show any signs of old age.

=__<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">SOURCES FOR TURTLE WIKI: __=
 * 1) ====<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Science packet ====
 * 2) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[|http://www.seasky.org]
 * 3) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[|http://www.conservation.org]

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