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**Caption: Adult sea turtle** ** What are sea turtles? ** **Sea turtles are cold blooded reptiles that live mainly in ocean.The females are usually the only ones that come on shore, and they only come on shore to lay their eggs during nesting season.** ** What species of sea turtles are there? ** ** There are seven main kinds of sea turtles﻿:﻿ ** ** Loggerhead ** **The first one is the loggerhead.The loggerhead got it's name from it's unusually large head. An adult loggerhead can weigh about 350 pounds,and can be found in sub tropical waters. The loggerhead usually nests at Masirah Island, Oman in the middle east and on the coast of the southeastern United states. There are seven main kinds of sea turtles** **Green Turtle** **The next turtle is the green turtle. The green turtles are endangered, but they mostly stay on the east coast of Florida. The green turtle is unique, because it has one pair of scales above it's eyes, but all the other sea turtles have two pairs. The average length for the green turtle carapace is 3 feet, and the average weight is about 300 pounds. In each of the sea turtle's egg clutches, there are about 115 eggs, and they have to incubate for an average of 60 days. The weirdest thing about green turtle hatchlings is that when they reach 8 to 10 inches, their diets change!!!** ** Leatherback ** **Then, there are the leatherbacks. The leatherbacks are one of the most amazing sea turtles there are! One of the coolest things about leatherbacks, is that they are active in water in water under 40 degrees!!!!!!! The leatherback doesn't have a hard shell, it has a a layer of tough, rubbery skin, and lives mostly on a diet of jellyfish. The leatherbacks' egg clutches usually have 80 fertilized eggs, and 30 smaller unfertilized eggs.** **Hawksbill** ** N ** **ext, theres the hawksbill. The hawksbill is endangered, because people kill them to get their beautiful shells. The hawksbills' carapace measures about 30 inches, and they weigh 100 to 150 pounds. The hawksbills' have about 160 eggs in each egg clutch, and they have to incubate for 60 days before hatching.** ** Kemp's Ridley ** **The fifth turtle is the Kemp's ridley. The Kemp's ridley is the smallest and most endangered sea turtle. The carapace of adults is an olive green color, and the plastron is yellow. The adults' carapace is an average of 24 inches, and they weigh about 77 to 100 pounds. The Kemp's ridleys mostly breed at a small beach in Rancho Nuevo, Mexico.** **Olive Ridley** ** T ** **he olive ridley is one of the most common sea turtles in the world, but their numbers are going down, because of many disruptions in their habitat. Adults carapaces measure about 30 inches and they also weigh about 100 pounds. The adults' carapace is bony, and has a gray, green color to it, but its' pastron is yellow like the Kemp's ridleys'. The olive ridley has about 110 eggs in each nest, that incubate for 52 to 58 days.** ** Australian Flatback ** **Last, but not least is the Australian flatback. There are very few Australian flatbacks, and those few live in the Pacific ocean near Australia and Papua New Guinea. Adult Australian flatbacks' carapaces are about 36 inches long, and they weigh about 200 pounds.** ** How you can help sea turtles ** **We can help sea turtles in LOTS of ways. Here are a few suggestions:** **- Don't make fires on the beach! Baby sea turtles could accidentally crawl into them and die.** <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">**- Throw all your trash away in the garbage can! Sea turtles could mistake trash for food, and die by eating it.** <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">**- Be carful when you go on a moter boat! A sea turtle could get cought in the moter and be seriously injured.** <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">** Questions ** <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">**Here are a few guestions you might ask while reading:** <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">**- Why are Kemp's ridleys the most endangered?** <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">**-** **Why do green turtles' diets change?** <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">**-** **How do sea turtles eat jelly fish without being stung?** <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">**- What are sea turtles predators besides humans?** <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">**- How long can a sea turtle stay underwater without breathing?** <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">** Answer ** <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">**If If your wondering how long sea turtles can stay underwater without breathing, then here is the answer:** <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">**Sea turtles can stay underwater for up to five hours!!!!!! Wow! I can only hold my breath for about 20 seconds!**
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