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**Hannah's Science** **Wiki!!!** **Facts about Sea Turtles!!!**  ** ~ Black turtles get their name because of their shell color. Green turtles get their name because of their green fat!!!! (gross and cool at the same time!)     Leather back sea turtle facts ** **~ They are the only turtles that don't have a hard shell** **Hawks bill turtle facts** **~ People kill them just for their beautiful shells, //just// for jewelry. Come on, people!!!! There are much things you can use to make pretty jewelry. Don't kill a sea turtle for it!!! It's already bad enough that they're endangered. How many more Hawksbill turtles //must// kill to get the picture???? (Honestly!)** **~ The Hawksbill turtle gets their name because of their head. Their beak is shaped like a hawk's beak, hence their name. ( Neat, huh!)** **Kemp's Ridley facts ~ They get their name from the founder, Richard Kemp, but no one really knows how they got the other name, Ridley. It's a mystery! ( Spooky!!!)**

**Olive Ridley facts**

**~ Their shell is shaped like a heart (Awwwww!!!)** **~ They get their name from their //"olive-ish" shell// color, but only when they are an adult. When they are a juvenile, their shell color is gray. (//Pretty cool!!!)//** **~ They are the smallest species of all turtles, weighing up to only //100// pounds!!!! (45 kg)**

**Loggerhead turtle facts** **~There are more Loggerhead turtles in the U.S. waters than any species of turtles!!!!!** **~They can weigh up to //250// pounds!!! (113 kg)** **~ The color of their shell is reddish -brown** **~ They eat jelly fish, crabs, and fish** **Some facts from a great website,** **Conservation International!** **Did you know that we are polluting our own oceans from oil spills and debris that is thrown out into the water? That is true.We kill tons of sea life. Creatures we know and some that aren't even discovered yet! Another thing I learned from Conservation International is that other animals,not just the sea turtle, are endangered too such as Golden Lion Tamarins, Komodo Dragons,and many other species.If you have never heard of any of those animals before, that just shows how fast animals become endangered. It is so simple,so easy, and so wrong what we are doing to animals. Give it time and it will catch up with us. It won't if we put our foot down and make a difference.**

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__**My Questions!!**__ __**plus some answers!!!!!!!!!!**__ **~ //How// and //why// is Green turtle fat green????? Answer: Because of their //strict// herbivorous diet, adult turtle fat turns green.~ __Why are Hawksbill turtles found in U.S waters, but rarely nest in North America??? Answer: Well, I'm working on it. More later...__** I hope you enjoyed my wiki!! If you have any information on my other question or any interesting information that you would like to share, please share!!! Once again, I hope you enjoyed and please comment!!! Thanks:) **Sources: Turtle Packet, Conservation International, www.ypte.org, www.sheddaquarium.org, www.animals.nationalgeographic.com**

**Comments: I really like you wiki Hannah! GREAT info! ;) ~Abigail~**